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Blind College, 2 girls, and Barclay Blind School, Brighton, 2
girls (these are residential); 25 children attend the Special Class
for Myopic Children.
Deaf Children.
7 boys and 10 girls are resident at special schools for the
deaf; 1 boy and 1 girl attend special day schools. The institutions
which these children attend are : Royal School for the Deaf,
Margate, 7 boys and 10 girls (this is residential); L.C.C. Day
(Deaf) School, 1 girl, at Oak Lodge, Clapham.
Epileptic Children.
2 boys and 4 girls are resident at special schools, namely, at
Lingfield Epileptic Colony, 2 boys and 2 girls; Chalfont Epileptic
Colony, 2 girls.
Mentally Defective Children.
A full account of the activities at St. Christopher's School is
given in the section of my Annual Report dealing with Mental
Deficiency
In addition to the day accommodation provided at St.
Christopher's School, 3 girls are resident in the Monyhull M.D.
School, Birmingham; 3 girls are at Knotty Ash M.D. School,
Liverpool; and 2 boys and 1 girl at Sandlebridge, Cheshire;
1 boy at Besford Court, Worcestershire.
Physically Defective Children.
The Education Authority have crippled dhildren in the
undermentioned special schools:—The Heritage Craft School,
Chailey, 2 boys and 2 girls; St. Catherine's Home, Ventnor, 1
boy; Treloar Cripples' Home, Alton, 1 boy; Suntrap, Havling
Island, 1 boy and 1 girl; Rob Roy Home, Margate, 1 girl.
The Committee maintained 1 girl at West Wickham Heart
Home, a special school for cardiac cripples, and 1 boy at Stonebridge
Park Heart Home, Willesden.
School Camps.
A school camp was again held during the summer months at
Pilgrim Fort, near Caterham. The camp, which is provided with
a piped water supply from the East Surrey Water Company, is
provided with permanent buildings. Blankets, tents, stretchers,
etc., for sleeping purposes, and a fully equipped cookhouse are
provided. The sanitary arrangements are satisfactory.