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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 cases presenting special
difficulty.
Special schools
There are eleven schools in Wandsworth providing special educational
treatment. Not all the pupils at these schools reside in
Wandsworth and some children who live in the Borough attend
special schools in other areas.

The importance of social training is emphasized at these special
schools. The scope of education has been broadened to stimulate
and maintain the children's interest in the daily activities of the
community and to prepare them to take their place as citizens
and find employment appropriate to their abilities when the time
comes for them to leave school.
The work of each school is set out in more detail belo: —
School for blind children
Linden Lodge was established in a large Victorian-type dwelling
on Wandsworth Common in the year 1881. The London Education
Authority assumed responsibility for it in 1901 and it remained
a boarding school for senior boys until 1934, when the day schools