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IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA
Immunisation sessions are held weekly at each Clinic, and in addition
special arrangements are made from time to time for children to be immunised
in school.
HANDICAPPED PUPILS
The following statement shows the number of handicapped pupils who,
at the end of the year, were attending Faircross Day Special School:—
(a) Physically Handicapped and Open-Air Section 75
(This figure includes 29 from other Authorities—i.e.
Dagenham, East Ham and Romford.)
(b) Educationally Sub-Normal Section 122
(This figure includes 82 from other Authorities—i.e.
Ilford, Dagenham and East Ham.)
Other handicapped pupils were accommodated in special residential
schools as under:—
Educationally sub-normal 1
Delicate 3
Physically-handicapped 2
Maladjusted 3
Epileptic 2
Diabetic 1
Blind 1
Partially sighted 2
Deaf 1
Partially deaf 2
Nine children from this area attended a Day Special School for the Deaf
and Partially Deaf in West Ham, and two children attended a similar School
in Walthamstow.
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT
Convalescent treatment of four to six weeks' duration was arranged
during the year for 71 children.
FOLLOWING UP
Health Visitors and School Nurses made 1,613 home visits during the
year.
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