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Walthamstow 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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In addition forty-two Walthamstow children are at
present accommodated in residential special schools as
shown below, and three physically handicapped children
are receiving home tuition.
Blind 4
Deaf 1
Delicate 7
Educationally
Sub-normal.. 7
Epileptic 4
Maladjusted 14
Physically
Handicapped 4
Speech 1
Special Schools.
(a) School for the Deaf. - Mr. K. S. Pegg, Headmaster
of the Williajn Morris School for the Deaf, reports as
follows:-
"The school re-opened in January, 1959, with fifty-two children on roll. During the year ten children were admitted and nine left. The school leavers are divided as follows:
| Employment | Further training | Transferred to other schools. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 boy employed as a surgical cabinet maker: | 1 girl for training as a comptometer operator. (Training now complete and girl employed). | 1 girl to E.S.N, school. |
| 1 boy full apprentice ship in the printing industry. | 1 boy returned to previous school. | |
| 2 girls working as machinists in a clothing factory (1 training in the evenings as a copy typist.) | 1 girl for training as a copy typist. (Has since returned to this school). | 1 girl returned to previous school in U.S.A. |
The roll at the end of the year was as follows:-
| Class | Grade | Age Range | No. on rol 1 | CONGENITAL | ACQUIRED | Aetiology Unknown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heredi -tary | Kerni-terus | Unspec■ i tied | Post Men | Other | ||||||
| M. | F. | |||||||||
| 1 | Mixed | 3-7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| 2 | Mixed | 7-10 | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 measle | s 3 |
| 3 | P.D. | 8-12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 flu 1 measle | |
| 4 | Deaf | 9-12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | _ | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 |
| 5 | Deaf | 12-16½ | 7 | 3 | _ | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 T.B. otitis media | 1 |
| 6 | P.D. | 12-15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 measles | 2 |
| Totals | 3-16½ | 50 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 13 | |