[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough.

  • Luton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Luton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Handicapped Pupils Requiring Education at Special Schools or Boarding in Boarding Schools Blind i— Partially I Sighted 3 CO <13 Q 4 U-4 c<3 Q >> 13 w cO 5 <D +—* c3 O V Q Physically Handicapped Educationally 1 Subnormal Maladjusted oo Epileptic 'O 10 13 I 1 H In the calendar year, 1958 A Handicapped Pupils newly placed in Special Schools or Boarding Homes 1 22 27 4 54 B Handicapped Pupils newly assessed as requiring education at Special Schools or boarding in Homes 1 26 1 32 7 1 68 On or about 31.1.59— C Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area— (i) attending Special Schools as— (a) Day Pupils 103 103 (b) Boarding Pupils — 3 6 — 23 6 10 5 — 53 (ii) attending Independent Schools under arrangements made by the Authority _ _ — _ — 1 1 7 — 9 (iii) boarded in Homes and not already included under (i) or (ii) — — — — — — — 6 — 6 Total C — 3 6 — 23 7 114 18 — 171 D Number of Handicapped Pupils being educated under arrange¬ ments made under Section 56 of the Education Act, 1944— (i) in hospital ... (ii) in other groups (e.g. units for spastics) (iii) at home Nil Nil 6 1 1 8 E Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area requiring places in Special Schools (including any such children who are tempor¬ arily receiving home tuition or whose parents have not yet con¬ sented to their attending a Special School)— (i) Day. 7 7 (ii) Boarding 1 — 1 — 2 — — 3 1 8 Number of children reported during the year as ineducable or requiring supervision after leaving school— (a) Under Section 57(3) (excluding any returned under (b)) ... (b) Under Section 57 (4) ... (c) Under Section 57(5) ... of the Education Act, 1944. Amount spent on arrangements under Section 56 of the Education Act, 1944, for the education of handicapped pupils otherwise than at school, in the financial year ended 31st March, 1958 ... £1,185 3 5