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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
Special Schools and Hostels
| Category | Number attending at end of 1969 | Recommended for placement - parents refused consent | Receiving home tuition | On waiting list for special school | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Special Schools or Units | Boarding Special Schools or Hostels | ||||||||||||
| Kingston | Other | Other | |||||||||||
| Boys | Girls | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | ||
| Blind | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Partially Sighted | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Deaf | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Partially Hearing | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Educationally | |||||||||||||
| Subnormal | 66 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | |
| Epileptic | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Maladjusted Physically | — | - | 3 | — | 18 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | - | |
| Handicapped | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Delicate | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Speech Defect | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Totals | 79 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 8 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |