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2.—Dull and backward children—
(i) Recommended for special class 8
(ii) For physical treatment & re-examination 2
3.—Normal children—
To continue at ordinary school 4
4.—Physically defective only—
(i) Recommended for Residential School
for Epileptics 3
(ii) To continue at School for the Blind 1
(iii) For Hospital treatment 1
(iv) Excluded from school for the present 2
5.—Diagnosis deferred—
(i) To be re-examined after physical
treatment 3
(ii) To be re-examined after 6-12 months'
further trial at ordinary school 6
Occupation Centre.
A number of ineducable mentally defective children have received
systematic supervision and instruction in simple handwork
at a voluntary Occupation Centre, held twice a week
throughout the year, in rooms kindly lent by the Croydon Council
of Social Service, while several older girls and boys, on leaving
Grangewood Special School, have also attended Occupation
Centres, at which they have been kept happily occupied in rugmaking,
raffia basket-work, etc. Further particulars as to these
Centres, and as to the large Occupation Centre at Grangewood,
into which they are to be combined and expanded by the Mental
Deficiency Committee, will be found in the appropriate section of
the Public Health report.
Classes for Dull and Backward Children.
Special classes for dull and backward children have been
established in the following schools:—
Beulah Boys'
West Thornton Boys' & Girls'.
Davidson Boys'.
Ecclesbourne Girls'.
Ingram Boys' & Girls'.
Rectory Manrr Girls'.
Oval Junior.
Portland Girls'.
Sydenham Boys'.
Tavistock Girls'.
Whitehorse Manor Boys' & Girls'.
Woodside Girls'.
Children are drafted from these classes after taking a modified
curriculum into the ordinary classes of the schools, as and when
they reach the required standard.