[Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham City Council
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “As a corollary to this, at present there are 62 known asthmatic pupils attending ordinary schools. There are seven asthmatic pupils in Residential Special Schools—five boys and two girls. Their ages lie between 9 and 14 years, and all were transferred from ordinary schools. One boy, with rather adverse home conditions, has been away for 3£ years. The others have been away for between three months to two years. “We are watching this situation to see what the pattern will be in the next few years.” Educationally Sub-normal: Residential Special School 14 (7) Awaiting residential placement 3 (5) Day Special School .. 524 (504) Awaiting day special school placement 65 (50) Among the educationally sub-normal children there are the following secondary disabilities Delicate .. .. .. 9 Epilepsy .. .. .. 10 Partially Hearing .. .. 11 Partially Sighted .. .. 3 Physically Handicapped .. 8 The incidence of maladjustment among these children is not fully known but it is certainly thought to be high. Policy for the ascertainment of educationally sub-normal children varies from authority to authority. Our figures only indicate those educationally retarded children whose retardation is due to sub-normality. Educationally retarded children whose problem is not essentially one of sub-normality are dealt with in ordinary schools by special teaching arrangements. Epileptic: Residential Special School .. . . .. 4 (4) Day Special School .. .. .. .. - (-) Ordinary School .. .. .. .. .. 157 (136) The vast majority of the children are in ordinary schools. They cease to be regarded as epileptic when they have been for a year or two without fits. Convulsions and anticonvulsant therapy can make for grave learning difficulties and it is, therefore, necessary for this group of children to have careful medical supervision. Maladjusted: Residential Special School 8 (9) Awaiting residential placement 4 (7) Boarding Hostels (attending ordinary school). . 7 (9) Day Special School 12 (-) Ordinary School .. 29 (23) This group only includes the most severely disturbed children and there are doubtless many others who could justifiably be considered maladjusted. The vast majority are not psychiatrically ill, but merely lacking in adequate control and social training—a deficiency dating from their pre-school days. Such children add very considerably to the teaching burden when entering school. In some instances it is impossible to give the training required in the ordinary classroom situation.
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