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special education in day schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith. These schools serve
much of the West of London and accordingly many of the pupils are not residents of Hammersmith.
Type of Handicap School No. of Pupils
Delicate Wood Lane School 153
Partially-sighted John Aird School 118
Deaf Ackmar Road School 54
Partially-hearing Units in - 1) Holman Hunt School 27
2) Hammersmith County
School and Christopher
Wren 6
Physically handicapped Queensmill School 31
Educationally subnormal Elizabeth Burgwin School 188
„ „ Wedgwood School 80
„ „ St. Huberts School 178
Maladjusted (including
unit for 5 autistic
children) Northcroft School 63
(42 pupils are accommodated at Palingswick Hostel for diabetic children and attend day
schools in the neighbourhood)
Educationally Subnormal Children
Under Section 34 of the Education Act, 1944, it is the duty of a local education authority
to discover which children over the age of two years require special educational treatment as handicapped
pupils. Of the various categories of handicapped pupils, the educationally subnormal is the
largest.
Under this Section 169(143) pupils were examined on account of a disability of mind or any
other condition which might necessitate special educational treatment. 157(130) children were
examined for suspected disability of the mind and of these 52(40) were recommended as fit to continue to attend ordinary school and 105(90) were recommended for placement in a school for educationally subnormal pupils. The remaining 12(13) were examined because of their physical handicaps5(8) were recommended for day school for the physically handicapped, 4(2) for boarding school for
the physically handicapped and 3(3) for home tuition.
Children Unsuitable for Education at School
Section 57 of the Education Act, 1944, (as amended by the Mental Health Act 1959), deals
with the examination and reporting to the local education authority of children considered unsuitable for education at school.
Under this Section 14(31) children were examined. Of these 12(17) children were recommended to attend a Mental Health training centre and 2(2) were recommended for community care
only.
Recuperative Holidays
Under statutory authority provision was made for recuperative holidays for school children
in need of rest, fresh air, and good food.
The total number of recommendations was 186(165). Of this number 139(145) children went
on holiday; there were 47(20) cancellations by parents.
School medical officers made 91% of these recommendations; the remainder came from
general practitioners and other sources.
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