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The following- is a brief resume of the work done by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the district
during the year :—
Total number of cases investigated 16
(a) neglect 16
(b) ill-treatment —
(c) proceedings instituted —
There are no Children's Care Committees, but the additional
duties which are usually carried out by such voluntary bodies,
are carried out as far as possible by appropriate Sub-Committees
of the Education Authority.
(17) BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC
CHILDREN.
(a) Children subjects of the above defects are ascertained
through routine medical inspection or in more severe cases
necessitating school absence through the activities of the attendance
officers, the information so acquired being passed to the
school medical officer, when any subsequent arrangements
necessary for the child's disposal are made.
Arrangements exist whereby exceptional children may, if
necessary, attend non-residential certified schools or classes outside
the district, and 7 deaf and dumb children so attended at Frederick
Road Centre, Custom House during the year.
The number of blind and deaf children maintained at residential
institutions during the year was 4. The number of blind
and deaf children in this district is insufficient to justify the provision
of special classes for these defects locally.
The number of known epileptics of all grades is 13. Unless
the defect is of quite a minor character (when the child may
attend an ordinary elementary school), epileptic children can only
be satisfactorily educated in special residential schools or colonies
Where epilepsy is combined with mental defect, the disposal of