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One child, aged 15 (Barking), was no longer considered to require
special educational treatment and allowed to leave school.
Open Air Section
The children in this section at the end of the year were suffering
from the following conditions:—
Barking Other districts
Cerebral Palsy (Spastics) 8 1
Other diseases of nervous system 6 3
Diseases of Bones and Joints 4 1
Heart disease 3 5
Asthma 5 10
Bronchiectasis and other lung conditions 5 13
Debility 3 5
Others 1 2
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Thirty- four Barking children were placed in other special schools
as follows:—
Category Day Residential
Blind 2
Partially Sighteds 2 2
Deaf 3 1
Partially Deaf 6 2
Physically Handicapped 2
Delicate 4
Diabetic 1
Epileptic 2
Educational; Sub-Normal 3
Maladjusted 4
In addition there was one deaf child not placed at the end of
the year.
During; year 11 children (4 Barking and 7 out-of-district
children) returned to ordinary schools; 4 children were transferred to
residential schools and 2 left on reaching school-leaving age.
Convalescence
One hundred and thirty-three children were sent away for periods
of convalescence of up to 8 weeks.
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