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"At Risk" Register
In accordance with regular practice, both the Observation/Handicap and "At Risk" registers were reviewed by a medical officer
and most children registered were removed from the "At Risk"
list as developing normally by the age of one year or 18 months.
The following figures give the number of children on the "At
Risk" Register since 1965 with the comparable number of live
births in each year:—
No. on Register No. of Live Births
1965 933 3,722
1966 1,486 3,715
1967 1,869 3,600
1968 2,280 3,404
1969 2,271 3,263
During 1969 there were three infants on the "At Risk" register
who were observed because they were at risk of becoming "battered
babies".
Deaf Register
(Including Partially Hearing)
There was a small decrease in the number of deaf and partially
hearing children known to the Department at 31st December 1969
but a higher proportion of these were provided with hearing aids
and more were attending deaf schools and partially handicapped
units while less were on the roll of other special schools.
Deaf Register—31st December, 1969
Under Over Total
5 yrs. 5 yrs.
No. of Children on register 13 144 157
No. of Children with hearing aids 14 64 78
No. of Children attending Deaf
Schools or Partially Hearing Units 48 48
No. of Children attending other
Special Schools — 8 8
Deletions from Register during 1969 8
(including 2 discharged as normal,
5 left school and 1 moved away).
Selected deaf school leavers are introduced to social workers
(Welfare Services) if they are in need of assistance for employment
and for other special problems which can arise in the lives of
handicapped people at this milestone in their lives.