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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
Number of pupils registered as handicapped:- 1969-223; 1968-203.
Handicapped pupils requiring education at Special Schools approved under Section 9 (6) of the Education Act 1944, or Boarding in Boarding Homes during the years 1st January-31st December 1968 and 1969.
| Blind | Partially Sighted | Deaf | Part ially Hearing | Physically handicapped | Delicate | Maladjusted | E.S.N. | Epileptic | Speech Defects | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children newly assessed as needing special educational treatment at special schools | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 1969 | 1968 |
| - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 25 | 23 | - | - | — | — | 66 | if2 | |
| (-) | (-) | (2) | (-) | (2) | (7) | (7) | (18) | (1) | (-) | (37) | ||||||||||||
| Number of children receiving special educational treatment in | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Boarding Special Schools or Homes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 43 | 34 |
| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (10) | (9) | (13) | (-) | (-) | (41) | ||||||||||||
| (b) Day Special Schools | - | - | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 120 | 111 | - | - | - | - | l6l | 156 |
| (-) | (6) | (12) | (4) | (14) | (6) | (104) | (-) | (-) | (150) | |||||||||||||
| (c) Independent Boarding Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 13 |
| (-) | (-) | (-) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (16) | (8) | (-) | (-) | (28) | ||||||||||||
| Figures in brackets refer to 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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