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Ilford 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
Section 33 of the Education Act, 1944, and the regulations made
thereunder have placed on the Local Education Authorities responsibilities
for the provision of suitable education of children suffering from disability
of mind or body.
A record of all such children is revised annually from returns submitted
by all Head Teachers, and any new cases attending local maintained
schools are reported to me with a view to medical examination and
ascertainment of their suitability or otherwise of attendance at an ordinary
school.
The number of children coming within the various categories and their disposition as on the 31st December, 1963 is shown in the following table:—
| CATEGORY | Number of children of school age on 31st December, 1963, formally ascertained as handicapped pupils and requiring special educational treatment (s.e.t.). | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attending day special school | Awaiting placement in day special school | Attendmg 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 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Partially Sighted | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Deaf | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Partially Deaf | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Delicate | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Physically handicapped | 59 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 70 |
| E.S.N. | 53 | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 83 |
| Maladjusted | - | - | 10 | 16 | 2 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 45 |
| Epileptic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Speech Defect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dual Defects | 8 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Total | 149 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 3 | - | 45 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 256 |