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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
Brent 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE
Table 5.
Reason for Referral to Psychologists
| Backwardness | 158 |
| Assessment for allocation to schools | 98 |
| Behaviour difficulties | 55 |
| Assessment for Medical Officer of Health | 76 |
| E.S.N. School Leavers | 18 |
| 405 |
Table 6. Disposal of School Psychological Service Cases
| Recommendation to Chief Education Officer on suitable education | 80 |
| Recommended for Remedial Reading Centre | 60 |
| Recommended for Special School | 28 |
| Cases to be reviewed | 48 |
| Advice to Schools | 49 |
| Recommendation to Medical Officer of Health | 34 |
| Advice to Parents | 10 |
| Recommended for Special Infants' Class | 20 |
| Notification under 57 (4) as severely subnormal | 5 |
| Referred to Child Guidance Centre | 71 |
| 405 |
Table 7.
Waiting List for Psychologists at 31.12.65
| School Psychological Service | 122 |
| Cases for Review | 38 |
| Cases for testing in Child Guidance Centres | 20 |
| 180 |
Table 8. Unattached Classes Numbers attending during 1965 REMEDIAL READING CLASSES Bridge
Remedial Teacher: Mrs. Zurawski
| Boys | Girls | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Secondary | 16 | - | 16 |
| Total | 33 | 7 | 40 |
| Granville | |||
| Remedial Teacher: | Mr. Edmonds (until 30.5.65) | ||
| Mr. Lovell (from 7.9.65) | |||
| Boys | Girls | Total | |
| Primary | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| Secondary | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| Total | 36 | 12 | 48 |
| Mora | |||
| Remedial Teacher: Miss Phillips (from 7.9.65) | |||
| Boys | Girls | Total | |
| Primary | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Secondary | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Total | 14 | 6 | 20 |