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The morbid conditions from which the pupils who were examined regarding
physical defects and recommended to attend school, were suffering, are given in the
following table:
Morbid condition :
Day P.H.
Boarding P.H.
Ordinary
B
G
B
G
B
G
Infantile paralysis
14
13
1
—
4
5
Cerebral palsy
20
19
1
2
1
—
Various Paralysis
8
7
—
—
—
—
T.B. bones and joints
5
5
3
—
—
1
Osteomyelitis
2
2
—
—
1
—
Perthes disease
10
2
1
—
3
1
Congenital deformities
16
10
—
—
3
3
Spinal deformities, scoliosis
—
3
—
—
—
—
Traumata, etc.
1
1
—
—
1
—
Non T.B. Arthritis
1
3
—
1
1
—
Rheumatism, chorea
3
4
—
—
1
1
Heart disease, congenital
13
8
1
—
1
—
Heart disease, other
3
3
1
1
—
1
Other diseases
39
51
1
1
8
—
Total
135
101
9
5
24
12
Pupils at special schools or units are periodically examined to ensure that the special
educational treatment they are receiving is still suitable to their particular degree of
disability.
Details of such examinations during 1954, in respect of Educationally Sub-normal
pupils are as follows:—
Boys Girls
Recommended no longer E.S.N. 65 42
Ineducable 51 46
Transferred from day E.S.N, school to
boarding E.S.N, school 25 10
In addition, 360 pupils were recommended after medical examination for reporting
under Section 57 (5) of the Education Act, 1944, as requiring supervision after leaving
school.
Routine examinations for ascertainment of E.S.N, children continues to be carried
out divisionally. A medical officer experienced in ascertainment work is in charge of:
these examinations and is responsible to each divisional medical officer, not only for the
actual ascertainment but also for the supervision of children attending E.S.N.schools
and the completion of the statutory examinations under Section 57 (5) (leaver). In
cases of children recommended by the Principal School Medical Officer for ascertainment
under Section 34 (1) or for reporting to the Local Health Authority under Section
57 (3) and (4) where the parent has exercised his right to appeal to the Minister of
Education, a further investigation takes place at the County Hall. It has been found in
a large number of appeal cases that the parents are not disputing the fact that the children
are backward and are not progressing under ordinary school education, but that they do
not understand the exact nature of special school education or they have become confused
with what ascertainment really means. This further consideration of the case and in
many instances, further examination, has enabled the parents to express their opinion
and in many instances to put forward fresh points which were not disclosed at the
original examination. The results obtained from this further consideration in disputable
cases has been very satisfactory. Numerous appeals have been withdrawn and, in some
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Educationally
sub-normal
pupils