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Ilford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The several categories of pupils requiring special
educational treatment as defined in the Handicapped Pupils
(Certificate) Regulations, 1953, came into operation on 16th
December, 1953 (amended by 1959 Regulations).
The number of children coming within these categories and their disposition as on the 31st December, I960, are tabulated in the following table in accordance with the Handicapped Pupils Regulations, 1953, and amended by the Handicapped Pupils and Special Schools Regulations, 1959, operative with effect from 1st April, 1959.
| CATECOBY | Number of children of school age on 31st December 1960, formally ascertained as handicapped pupils and requiring special educational treatment (s.e.t.) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attending day special school | Awaiting placement in day special school | Attending residential special school | Awaiting placement in residential special school | Attending boarding homes | Awaiting placement in boarding homes | Attending independent schools | Awaiting placement in independent schools | Attending hospital schools | Awaiting placement in hospital schools | Receiving Education in hospital under Section 56 | Receiving home tuition under Section 56 | Awaiting home tuition under Section 56 | Total No. of children of school age requiring s.e.t. | |
| Blind | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Partially Sighted | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Deaf | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Partially deaf | 15 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Delicate | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 29 |
| Physically handicapped | 45 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | — | — | — | — | 2 | - | 60 |
| E.S.N | 54 | 8 | 16 | 1 | — | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 89 |
| Maladjusted | - | - | 10 | 13 | 2 | — | 20 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Epileptic | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 2 |
| Speech defect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 143 | 12 | 43 | 16 | 2 | - | 39 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 264 |