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The following table sets out the various disabilities of children in
attendance at the end of the year:—
Right Hemiplegia 8
Left Hemiplegia 2
Spastic Diplegia 8
Spastic Quadriplegia 6
Athetoid 5
Poliomyelitis 13
Heart Cases 10
Muscular Dystrophy 8
T.B. Limbs 4
Congenital Deformities 7
Fragilitas Ossium 4
Haemophilia 2
Amputations 1
Nephritis 1
Eunuch 1
Dwarf 1
Amyotonia 1
Imperforate Anus 1
Cerebral Agenesis 1
Myopathy 1
Perthes' Hips 1
Debility 1
Craniostosis 1
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The Parent Teacher Association has continued its activities during
the year and the Association has been able to provide the following
for the children of Vale Road P.H. School:—A day's outing at Southendon-Sea
by Eagle Steamer; Christmas Party with Tree and Presents;
provided a display cabinet to start a school museum; supplemented
the School Recorder Band by buying extra instruments; supplied a
set of handbells for the children; purchased clothing and swimming
gear for necessitous cases.
Educationally Sub-Normal Children
Provision has long been made with the School for Educationally
Sub-Normal Children at Oak Lodge, Finchley and more recently with
Durants School, Enfield, to meet the special educational needs of these
handicapped children.
At the end of the year 41 Hornsey children were attending Oak
Lodge School and 7 children were awaiting admission, while at Durants
School, 63 children from Tottenham were in attendance and there
were 20 awaiting admission.
Hospital School, St. Ann's General Hospital, Tottenham
This school, which was opened at the end of 1952, has continued
throughout the year. It caters for an age range from 5 to 15 years and
the average attendance during the year was 19.
This work is of particular value in long stay cases, thereby preventing
the children from becoming educationally backward during their stay
in hospital. It is useful, also, as an ancillary means of providing the
children with occupational therapy.
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics
The visiting Aural Surgeon, Dr. F. P. M. Clarke, reports that as in
previous years, there were three clinical sessions in this department
held weekly—two at Tottenham and one at Hornsey. These clinics
were first established in 1922 under the supervision of Mr. A. R. Friel,
f.r.c.s., the well-known consultant who did pioneer work in the clearing
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