London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(c) Children receiving special education in a school
for partially deaf children (including 45 out-
area children) 50
(d) Children receiving special education in a residential
school for deaf children 2
(e) Children awaiting special placement Nil
The two children in residential schools are considered most
suitably placed. One is totally deaf and additionally handicapped
by a heart lesion. The other is also totally deaf and is due for
review of her placement during the Christmas holidays. Neither
would do as well at an ordinary school even with special teaching.
Children in categories (a) and (b) have not been formally
ascertained but this has been carried out for all the children in
categories (c) and (d).
Children under 5 years of age—Nil.
| Partially Sighted | Physically | Percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.S.N. | Handicapped | Deaf | Total | |||
| Walthamstow | ||||||
| Forest | ||||||
| Middlesex | — | |||||
| Romford | — | — | ||||
| Leyton | ||||||
| Dagenham | — | — | ||||
| Ilford | — | — | ||||
| South Essex | — | — | ||||
| Barking | — | — | — | |||
| East Ham | — | — | ||||
| Totals | ||||||
The number of children in residential special schools and homes
at the end of the year was as follows:—
Maladjusted — 6
Delicate 3
Educationally Subnormal 6
Blind 5
Epileptic 2
Deaf 2
Speech 1