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follows:—Royal Normal College for the Blind, 3 boys; Chorley
Wood Blind College, 1 girl; Barclay Blind School, Brighton, 2
girls; Abbotskerswell, Devon, 1 boy; Sunshine Home, East
Grinstead, 2 boys; (these are residential); 20 children attend the
Special Class for Myopic Children.
Deaf Children.
Eight boys and 9 girls are resident at special schools for the
deaf; 1 boy attends a special day school. The institutions which
these children attend are : Royal School for the Deaf, Margate, 8
boys and 9 girls (this is residential); L.C.C. Day (Deaf) School,
1 boy, at Hearnville Road, Balham.
Epileptic Children.
Two boys and 4 girls are resident at special schools, namely,
at Lingfield Epileptic Colony, 2 boys and 4 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; 2 girls are at Knotty Ash M.D. School,
Liverpool; and 3 boys and 1 girl at Sandlebridge, Cheshire:
1 boy at Besford Court, Worcestershire.
Physically Defective Children.
The Education Authority have, in addition to those accommodated
at St. Giles' School, crippled children in the undermentioned
special schools:—The Heritage Craft School, Chailey,
4 boys and 1 girl; Treloar Cripples' Home, Alton, 1 boy; Suntrap,
Havling Island, 1 bov and 1 girl; St. Patrick's, Havling Island,
1 boy; Lancing Convalescent School, 1 boy.
The Committee maintained 2 girls at West Wickhani Heart
Home, a special school for cardiac cripples.
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,