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
Sutton 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
Number of pupils registered as handicapped
| Handicapped pupils requiring education at Special Schools approved under Section 9(6) of the Education Act 1944 or Boardinq in Boarding Homes during the years 1st January - 31st December 1970 and 1969. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind | Partially Sighted | Deaf | Partially handicapped | Physically handicapped | Delicate | Maladjusted | E.S.N. | Epileptic | Speech Defects | Total | ||||||||||||
| Children newly assessed as needing special educational treatment at special schools | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 |
| _ | _ | 3 | 5 | _ | _ | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 25 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 56 | 66 | |
| Number of children receiving special educational treatment in (a) Boarding Special Schools or Homes | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | _ | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 36 | 43 |
| (b) Day Special Schools | - | - | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 17 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 129 | 120 | 171 | 161 | |||||
| (c) Independent Boarding Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | _ | 21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 24 | 29 | |