[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A special school for educationally sub-normal children was opened at Etton aiul at the end of the year 40 East Kiding children were being taught in this school and 24 from other Eocail Education Authorities. The medical care of these (diildren is in the hands of the local ])ractitio!ier, hut school nurses attend twice weekly to carry out any necessary medical treatment. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. Details of the niinil)er of children ascertained as coming / within the various categories of handicapi)ed children are [shown ill the following table. ('om[)ared with l!h”il they show (that there is a decrease of 17 in the nunihtu’ ascertained as • educationally suh-iiornial and a (h'crease of 10 in the iiumlier ' of [ihysically handicap|)ed. 44ic number shown as needing > educational treatnienl on aia'ount of speech (hd'eids has liow-- ever risen by Old. 44iis increase is accounted for by a very ; careful survey of all the scdiools which was (n)nducted by the i; speeidi therapists. W ith regal’d to the handiiuipiied pmnls placed in Special I Schools the following are the comjiarative figures for the ’years i0”)0, lO-dl and 1002 whiidi show’ an appreciahh’ [ increase on the nninhcr of educationally siih-nornial ]Hi|)ils I in S])ecial S(diools ow ing to the opening of the Etton I^asture ESchool on the 0th September, 1052. ivdiicatioriiilly Blind Dna f Epil» plin DolicatP Crippled M aladjusted Suh-N ormai I9r)0 0 18 O 6 3 — 6 iDr>i 10 12 •> 7 7 2 4 1052 18 o 9 6 1 41