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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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TABLE XII
HANDICAPPED PUPILS
Number of pupils registered as handicapped
Handicapped pupils requiring education at Special Schools approved unser Section 9(6) of the Education Act, 1944, or Boarding in Boarding Homes during the years 1st January - 31st December 1971 and 1970.
| 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 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 70 |
| - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 57 | 56 | |
| Number of children receiving special educational treatment in (a) Boarding Special Schools or Homes | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 42 | 36 |
| (b) Day Special Schools | - | - | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 26 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | - | 179 | 129 | - | - | - | - | 243 | 171 |
| (c) Independent Boarding Schools | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 21 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 32 | 24 | |