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Boarding-Out
The medical examination is given in accordance with the BoardingOut
of Children Regulations, 1955, and includes the Wasserman and/or Kahn
tests except where the child is over school leaving age or is boarded
out in an emergency or in accordance with Part III of the Regulations.
Again, the results of these medical examinations are scrutinised in my
department and the Children's Officer informed as to their suitability.
The following is a summary of the cases dealt with:
Adoption Cases
Children suitable for adoption 14
Children unsuitable for adoption —
Couples suitable to adopt children 15
Couples unsuitable to adopt children —
Boarding-Out Cases
Children suitable for boarding-out 18
Handicapped Children and Children "At Risk"
The Council's Handicap and Observation Register of Children with
known handicaps or "at risk" of developing a handicapping condition
is compiled from several sources, and all cases are reviewed at
regular intervals. The total number of children on the register was
690.
The following is a summary of 124 handicapped children on the
register:
Total No. of children with Handicaps (classified under major
handicap) = 124.
Mental Retardation 24
Congenital Heart Disease and
Cardiac murmurs 23
Talipes and other Orthopaedic defects 17
Spina Bifida, Meningocele and
Hydrocephalus 9
Epilepsy 6
Downs Syndrome (Mongolism) 5
Cleft lip and/or cleft palate 5
Cerebral palsy 4 .
Hemiplegia 3
Coeliac disease 3
Sickle cell anaemia and Thalassaemia 3
Speech Defects 3
Asthma 3
Blind partially sighted 2
Achondroplasia 2
Deafness 2
Phenylketonuria 1
Cystic Fibrosis of pancreas 1