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MENTAL DEFICIENCY.
During the year the special class for backward children has been
replaced by a special school for mentally defective children.
The numbers taught at this class during 1919 are given below.
GRANGEWOOI) SPECIAL SCHOOL.
The following summary shows the number of children taught at
this school during the year: —
Number of children on Register on 31st December, 1918 54
Number of children admitted to class during 1919 15
Number of children discharged and re-admitted to Council
Schools, 1919 2
Number of children discharged for unsuitability 3
Number of children on Register, December 31st, 1919 58
Number of children left district during 1919 2
Number of children left over age 1
Number of children left for other reasons . 3
EDUCATION CASES.
In certified institutions 8
,, Poor-law ,, 2
Resident at home 108
(58 of these are on the roll of Grangewood Special School).
During the year 13 Education cases have attained the age of 16,
and rooters have been certified as ineducable.
THE WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC SURGEON.
The number of refractions done in 1919 was 588; in 1918 the
number was 494.
The total number of children examined for eye trouble in 1919
was 638, as contrasted with 531 in 1918.
The following is a summary of the cases seen in the eye clinic at
the Town Hall:—
Total No. of children examined 638
„ ,, „ attendances 1238