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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
Walthamstow 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Gillespie, Consultant Psychiatrist and the Borough Education
Officer, with particular reference to child guidance in pre-school
children. Later the Educational Psychologists, the Psychiatric
Social Workers and the Play Therapists took part in the discussions
and reference was made to the adult reading classes which were
being undertaken during the evenings by Miss Smith, Educational
Psychologist, and Miss Lock, Headmistress of the Special School for
the Educationally Subnormal.
| Partially Sighted | E.S.N. | Physically Handicapped | Deaf | Total | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow | 7 | 65 | 65 | 8 | 145 | 61.9 |
| Forest | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 16.2 |
| Middlesex | 24 | — | — | — | 24 | 10.2 |
| Ilford | 2 | — | — | 7 | 9 | 3.9 |
| Romford | 6 | — | — | 2 | 8 | 3.4 |
| Leyton | 1 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 2.6 |
| Dagenham | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1.3 |
| South Essex | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.5 |
| Totals | 47 | 73 | 74 | 40 | 234 | 100.0 |
The numbers of children in residential special schools and homes at the end of the year were as follows:—
| Maladjusted | 16 |
| Delicate | 7 |
| Deaf | 4 |
| Blind | 4 |
| Epileptic | 2 |
| Cardiac | 1 |
| Educationally Sub-normal | |
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(a) School for the Partially Sighted.-—Mr. G. M. Williams,
Head Master, reports as follows:—
The following table gives the classification of children attending the school on a locality basis at the end of the year.
| Walthamstow | Other Essex Divisions | Out County | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| Girls | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 16 | 24 |