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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kingston upon Thames 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Ascertainment of Handicapped Pupils
Children ascertained in 1968 as requiring
special educational placement
Category Number
Blind Nil
Partially Sighted Nil
Deaf 1
Partially Hearing 2
Educationally Subnormal 25
Epileptic 1
Maladjusted 15
Physically Handicapped 9
Delicate 4
Speech Defect Nil
Total 57
Health Education
Details of activities which took place in schools and youth
centres are reported on pages 23 and 24.
Youth Employment Service - Year Ended 30th September 1968
| Number | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1968 | |
| Boys and girls living in the borough known to have left school | 1 ,010 | 1,024 |
| New entrants into National Insurance: | ||
| School leavers | 674 | 688 |
| First advisory interviews | 1,129 | 1,240 |
| Interviewed who continued full time education at school or college | 556 | 621 |
| Applications for employment1 | 1,255 | 1,235 |
| First applications included in above figure | 633 | 578 |
| Vacancies notified* | 1,960 | 2,137 |
| Kingston boys and girls placed in local employment | 772 | 734 |
| Kingston boys and girls placed in other districts | 62 | 92 |
| Local residents included in above figures who were placed in first situations | 369 | 401 |
| Total of vacancies filled in Kingston area | 897 | 887 |
* Including register brought forward on 1st October.
Thanks are expressed to Mr.F.S. Robinson, Principal Youth
Employment Officer, for his assistance in compiling the sections of
this report dealing with school leavers.