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Handicapped pupils
Handicapped pupils who may need special educational treatment
are referred from many sources. In some cases (e.g. physical
handicaps, delicate children) examinations are carried out by
school medical officers and recommendations made by the Principal
School Medical Officer either direct to the Education Officer
or to the Medical Adviser of the Inner London Education Authority.
In other cases (e.g. partially sighted, blind, deaf or maladjusted)
the examinations are carried out by staff of the Medical
Adviser, who makes his recommendations to the Education Officer.
Children who, because of some handicap or combination of
handicaps, are considered not fit for education at school may be
recommended for home tuition.
The examination of educationally subnormal children is carried
out by specially qualified medical officers in accordance with
Sections 34 and 57 (as amended) of the Education Act, 1944. In
cases presenting no special difficulty the examination is carried
out by a medical officer of the Health Department, who makes
an appropriate recommendation to the Education Officer. The
Medical Adviser of the Inner London Education Authority deals
with all appeals against recommendations which may be made
for special educational treatment, and with the placing of children
who are considered to be unsuitable for education at school
through disability of mind, together with any other cases presenting
special difficulty.
There are eleven schools in Wandsworth providing special
educational treatment. Not all the pupils at these schools reside
in Wandsworth, whilst some children who live in the Borough
attend special schools in other areas.

In addition, one school has a partially-hearing unit and four
schools hold special day classes for maladjusted children. The
latter group attend ordinary schools for part of the week and