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Hornsey 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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DEAF CHILDREN.
This definition covers some children who are totally or almost totally, deaf and can only be appropriately taught in a school for deaf children, and others who have partial hearing and can be appropriately taught in a school for partially deaf children. Only the first class should be included in this section.
| At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
Enter in this Section only children who can appropriately be taught only in a school for the partially deaf.
| At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | – | Nil. |
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Feeble-minded Children.
Mentally Defective children are children who, not being Imbecile and
not being merely dull or backward, are incapable by reason of mental
defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary
Public Elementary Schools but are not Incapable by reason of that defect
of receiving benefit from instruction in Special Schools for mentally
defective children.
Particulars relating to these children should be entered in the return of notified children—Form 307 M.
| At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | — | — | — | 35 |