[Report 1959] / School Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough.

  • Peterborough (England). Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / School Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Table shows the number of handicapped pupils on the Register during the year 1959 :— Blind or partially blind .... 3 Other visual defects 5 Deaf or partially deaf 21 Delicate . 29 Epileptic . 17 Educationally sub-normal. Boys 95 ) Girls 87 . 182 Physically handicapped .... 102 Maladjusted . 8 Total 367 At the end of the year 1958, 383 children were on the Register. Special Schools In addition to the educationally sub-normal children (already referred to) who are in special schools, the following pupils from the Soke of Peterborough are being educated in special residential schools. Deaf One boy is being educated at the Royal School for the Deaf, Derby. Two boys are at St. John’s Residential School, Boston Spa, one boy is at Donnington Lodge School, Newbury, Berks, and another boy is at the Rudolf Steiner School, Aberdeen. Spastics Most of our spastic children are educated at the Wilfred Pickles School, Tixover (about 15 miles from Peterborough) and at the end of the year there were nine day pupils from the Soke of Peterborough at this School. One boy (for whom this Authority accepted responsibility upon his parents removing to Peterborough) is being educated at Lord Mayor Treloar’s College, Alton. Delicate Children Twenty-seven pupils received convalescent treatment under School Health Service arrangements during the year,viz :— Port Regis Open-air School, Broadstairs (girls) 14 Holy Cross Open-air School, Broadstairs (boys) 12 Laleham School, Margate (girl) 1