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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
Merton 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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III.
| Statistics for 1965. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
| (a) Nursery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| (b) Infant | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| (c) Junior | 49 | 14 | 63 |
| (d) Secondary | 4 | — | 4 |
| (e) Grammar | — | 1 | 1 |
| (f) Private | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (g) To be placed | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Total | 77 | 24 | 101 |
| IV. Main problem— | |||
| (a) Learning | 44 | 15 | 59 |
| (b) Behaviour | 24 | 5 | 29 |
| (c) Other | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Total | 77 | 24 | 101 |
| V. Disposal— | |||
| (a) Remedial class | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| (b) Remedial tuition at the Clinic | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (c) Child Guidance Clinic (general) | 30 | 5 | 35 |
| (d) Supervision | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| (e) Recommendation for special school | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| (f) Recommendation to Chief Education Officer | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| (g) Recommendation to Principal School Medical Officer | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 77 | 24 | 101 |
| VI. Supervision from previous years | 47 | 17 | 64 |
| Supervision from 1965 | 52 | 14 | 66 |
| 99 | 31 | 130 | |
| VII. Parents of children seen— | |||
| new referrals | 32 | 9 | 41 |
| Parents of children seen— | |||
| under supervision | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| /III. Schools—Group Testing for Remedial Classes— | |||
| 12 schools. Number of children 8+ tested | 428 | ||