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Multiple Defects.
One boy who is mentally defective and is also suffering from
tuberculosis of the bones of foot and hand, is resident in the
Stanmore branch of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. The
second boy, who is also a mental defective, suffers from deformity
of the spine and chest, and birth palsy. He is in attendance at
the Acton Special (M.D.) School. The third case, a girl, is blind
and mentally defective. She was at Swiss Cottage Blind School,
but was discharged from there on account of her mental defect and
an increasing tendency to fits. She has been notified to the Board
of Education, and is now awaiting admission to a suitable school
or home.
Blind.
Two boys attend schools maintained by the London County
Council. One boy suffering from a high degree of myopia attends
a private school, another boy suffering from optic atrophy attends
Southfield Senior Boys' School, while a third partially blind child,
3 girl, is being taught at home.
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Deaf.
One girl is at Oak Lodge Residential School, and 2 others
attend the Ackmar Road Special School. Two boys who have
recently attained the age of 7 years, are still in attendance at
elementary schools but are awaiting admission to a special school.
Epileptics.
One boy was in December at the Lingfield Colony for
Epileptics. This child has given us a great deal of trouble, and
one month after admission to Lingfield his mother removed him and
refused to allow him to return. Arrangements have now been
made for the child to be taught at home. Another severe case, a
girl, is at home awaiting admission to the Colony.
Two mild cases, a boy and a girl, are in attendance at the
ordinary elementary schools.
Tuberculosis.
Two children, a boy and a girl, suffering from active
Pulmonary tuberculosis are respectively at Harefield and at