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
Tottenham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Case No. | Date of Birth | Sex | Referred by | Diagnosis | Disposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19.11.48 | F | Area Medical Officer. Enfield | Cerebral Palsy 1. Left hemiplegia 2. Intellectual and emotional retardation | For report as unsuitable for education, Special Training School. |
| 2 | 6.12.47. | M | Area Medical Officer, Enfield | Cerebral Palsy Spastic diplegia | Vale Road P H. School |
| 3 | 1 3.55 | F | Area Medical Officer, Friern Barnet, | Cerebellar ataxia ? Post-encephalitic | Nursery School. |
| 4 | 5.356. | F | Area Medical Officer, Hornsey. | Cerebral Palsy 1 Mild hemiplegia 2. Hyperkinetic. | Ordinary school on trial. |
| 5 | 6.1.59. | M | Area Medical Officer, Potters Bar. | Cerebral palsy, mild-Minor epilepsy | Under supervision of Cerebral Palsy Unit. |
| 6 | 25.5.50. | F | Area Medical Officer; Finchley. | Mental retardation. | Kindergarten school. Under supervision of Cerebral Palsy Unit |
| 7 | 6.10.56. | M | Area Medical Officer, | Mental retardation | Special Care Unit. |
| 8 | 24.12.55. | M | Area Medical Officer, Enfield. | Mental retardation. | School for delicate children. |
| 9 | 16.1.54. | M | Area Medical Officer. Hornsey | Spinal paraplegia | Vale Road P.H. School. |
| 10 | 25. 8.58 | M | Area Medical Officer, Hornsey, | Mental retardation. | Special Training School. |
| 11 | 11. 7 50. | F | Area Medical Officer, Friern Barnet | Cerebral Palsy. Spastic Triplegia. | Vale Road P.H School. |
Children Unsuitable for Education in School
The Mental Health Act,1959, by amending Section 57 of the Education Act 1944, introduced
certain changes in the lawrelating to children suffering from adisability of mind which makes them
unsuitable for education at school, These changes became operative on the 1st November 1960,
and their feffeet broadly was to extend the rights of parents and to simplify administrative procedure
Under the new provisions, children are no longer reported as "ineducable* but are recorded
as unsuitable foreducation in school The object of this change was to implement a recommendation
of the Royal Commission on the Law relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency that
children should not be declared ineducable', and that severely sub-normal children who cannot
profit by education at an ordinary or special school should be recommended for training in training
centres provided by local health authorities, or in hospital. The Minister has stressed that the
small number of children who, although capable of profiting from education, are not satisfactorily