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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
Sutton 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
Number of pupils registered as handicapped 219 (222)
Handicapped Pupils requiring Education at Special Schools approved under Section 9 (6) of the Education Act 1944 or Boarding in Boarding Homes during the year 1st January to 31st December 1967
| Blind | Partially Sighted | Deaf | Partially hearing | Physic -ally handicapped | Delicate | Maladjusted | E.S.N. | Epileptic | Speech Defects | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children newly assessed as needing special | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 | - | 37 | |
| educational treatment at special schools | (5) | (4) | (2) | (4) | (7) | (6) | (17) | (-) | (45) | |||
| Number of children receiving special educational treatment in s- | ||||||||||||
| (a) | Boarding Special | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 41 |
| Schools or Homes | (1) | (2) | (10) | (2) | (12) | (9) | (16) | (1) | (-) | (53) | ||
| (b) | — | 6 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 104 | — | — | 150 | |
| Day Special Schools | (8) | (13) | (9) | (2) | (113) | (-) | (145) | |||||
| (c) | Independent Boarding | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 28 | |||||
| Schools | (1) | (2) | (3) | (12) | (6) | (-) | (24) | |||||
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