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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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Ascertainment of Handicapped Pupils
Children ascertained in 1969 as requiring special educational placement
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Blind | Nil |
| Partially Sighted | Nil |
| Deaf | Nil |
| Partially Hearing | 3 |
| Educationally Subnormal | 31 |
| Epileptic | Nil |
| Maladjusted | 4 |
| Physically Handicapped | 3 |
| Delicate | 2 |
| Speech Defect | Nil |
| Total |
Health Education
Details of activities which took place in schools and youth
centres are reported on page 22.
Youth Employment Service - Year Ended 30th September 1969
| 1968 | 1969 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boys and girls living in the borough known to have left school | 1024 | 1042 |
| New entrants into National Insurance: school leavers | 688 | 646 |
| First advisory interviews | 1240 | 1131 |
| Interviewed who continued full time education at school or college | 621 | 623 |
| Applications for employment 1 | 1235 | 1197 |
| First applications included in above figure | 578 | 630 |
| Vacancies notified * | 2137 | 2089 |
| Kingston boys and girls placed in local employment | 734 | 674 |
| Kingston boys and girls placed in other districts | 92 | 100 |
| Local residents included in above figures who were placed in first situations | 401 | 383 |
| Total of vacancies filled in Kingston area | 887 | 832 |
* 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.