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21 (18) recommended for open-air schools. Other examinations
included 396 (314) secondary pupils seeking employment and 513 (1,026)
wishing to go on school journeys.
HANDICAPPED PUPILS
There are no special schools for the education of handicapped
pupils in the area, but a total of 288 (238) children requiring special
educational treatment attend appropriate schools in other boroughs, and
86 (86) are placed in boarding schools. Included in these numbers are
22 (30) physically handicapped children in attendance at day schools
and 9 (10) in boarding schools.
Attending ordinary schools are 53 (55) epileptic children 82 (69)
with orthopaedic and postural defects, 13 (23) suffering from diabetes,
22 (20) from rheumatism, 127 (99) from asthma, 10 (8) cerebral and
spastic cases, and 15 (9) with eye diseases other than refractions
and squints.
The number of maladjusted children referred to the Problem Case
Conference was 124 (120). Of this number, 45 (65) were referred to
Child Guidance Clinics.
Two tutorial classes for maladjusted children are in being, and
the number recommended for them from Case Conference was 36•
CLINICS
Vision
189 (173) sessions were held during the year. Total attendances
numbered 2,648 (2,636). New cases attending during the year numbered
1,236 (1,372).
1 (1) totally blind child is being educated in a boarding
establishment and 11 (3) children with partial sight in a special
school.
Hearing
Audiometry - during the year 4,813 (4,975) children in ordinary
schools were given the "sweep" test by the nursing sisters.