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
Redbridge 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 20
| CATEGORY | Number of children of school age formally ascertained as handicapped pupils and requiring special educational treatment (s.e.t.). | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attending day special school | Awaiting placement in day special school | Attending residential special school | Awaiting placement in residential special school | Attending boarding homes | Awaiting placement in boarding homes | Attending independent schools | Awaiting placement in independent schools | Attending hospital schools | Awaiting placement in hospital schools | Receiving Education in hospital under Section 56 | Receiving home tuition under Section 56 | Awaiting home tuition under Section 56 | Total No. of children of school age requiring S.e.t. | |
| Blind | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Partially Sighted | 9 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Deaf | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Partially Deaf | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Delicate | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Physically Handicapped | 59 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 |
| E.S.N | 99 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 132 |
| Maladjusted | 2 | — | 15 | 11 | 2 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 |
| Epileptic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Speech Defect | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 192 | 15 | 35 | 17 | 3 | — | 64 | — | — | — | 1 | — | —- | 327 |