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Economic Status.
The economic status of the families from whom patients were
examined was as follows:—
Poor in 14; average working class, 82; better working
class, 34; clerical work, 8; and superior, 4.
The interior home conditions were classified as follows:—
Clean, 92; moderately clean, 41; superior, 5; unsatisfactory,
5.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Full statistical details are given in Table III. of the Tables
required by the Board of Education.
Blind Children.
Nine boys and 3 g'rls are resident at special schools for the
blind. The institutions which these children attend are as
follows:—Royal Normal College for the Blind, 6 boys and 1 girl.
Barclay Blind School, Brighton, 2 girls. Ab'botskerswell, Devon,
1 boy. Sunshine Homes, East Grin stead, 2 boys.
St. Luke's Special School For Partially Sighted Children.
During the year this school was much improved and enlarged.
At the end of the year there were 36 children in attendance.
Of these, 27 were cases of myopia and 9 were non-myopes.
The curriculum is that usually laid down for the myope and
the partially sighted, respectively, but is under constant review,
and changes are introduced according to experience. Both boys
and girls have attended domestic science classes, and physical
exercises, suitably restricted for certain children, are in regular use,
with a noticeable improvement in carriage and posture.
New permanent premises have been erected on the old site,
consisting of a Hall, two classrooms, staff room and medical inspection
room, and were opened on the 3rd September, 1937.
Deaf Children.
Twelve boys and 4 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, 9
boys and 4 girls; Balham Lr.C.C. Day (Deaf) School, 1 boy, at
Hearoville Road; Anerley Deaf School, 2 boys; Royal West of
England Institution for the Deaf, Exeter, 1 boy.