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Below arc given some statistics relating to this service: —
Number to whom offered 1,275
Number tuberculin tested after parents' consent had been
received 928
Heaf Mantoux
Positive result 72 73
Negative result 856 855
Number who received B.C.G. 855
HANDICAPPED PUPILS
A summary is given below of the ascertainment and placement
of handicapped pupils during the year:—
Category
No. of pupils
ascertained
during 1957
No. of pupils
admitted to
Special School
during year
Total No. of
pupils in
Special Schools
as at 31.12.57
Day
Residential
Day
Residential
Deaf
1
-
1
3
3
Partially deaf
-
-
-
5
-
Blind
1
-
-
-
3
Partially sighted
-
-
-
2
2
Epileptic
-
-
-
-
-
Delicate
5
3
1
12
6
Physically Handicapped
4
4
-
19
2
Educationally Sub-Normal
13
7
1
42
-
Maladjusted
6
-
-
-
7
Speech
—
—
—
—
—
Totals
30
14
3
83
23
Faircross School. At the end of the year there were 189 pupils
at Faircross Special School distributed as follows:—
Barking Other Districts
E.S.N. Section 42 78
Open Air Section 29 40
ES.N. Section. During the year 10 children left the E.S.N.
Action on ceasing to be of compulsory school age (3 Barking and 7
out-of-district)—all were recommended for supervision by the Local
Health Authority under Section 57(5) of the Education Act, 1944.
Eight children (2 Barking and 6 out-of-district) were found to
ineducable and recommended for action under Section 57(3) of the
Education Act, 1944.
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