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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 girls 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; Court Grange, Devon, 1 boy;
Sunshine Homes, East Grinstead, 2 boys.
The Committee are also responsible for the maintenance of 1
girl at the Goodrich Road (L.C.C.) School for Partially-Sighted
Children.
St. Luke's Special School For Partially Sighted Children.
At the end of the year there were 44 children in attendance.
Of these, 14 were cases of myopia and 3U 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.
Deaf Children.
Eleven boys and 6 girls are resident at special schools for the
deaf; 3 boys attend special day schools. The institutions which
these children attend are:—Royal School for the Deaf, Margate, 10
boys and 6 girls; Balham L.C.C. Day (Deaf) School, 2 boys, at
Oldridge Road; Anerley Deaf School, 1 boy; St. John's Institution,
Boston Spa, 1.
Epileptic Children.
One girl is resident at the Lingfield Epileptic Colony.
Mentally Defective Children.
In addition to the day accommodation provided at St. Christopher's
School, 5 girls are resident in the Monyhull M.D. School,
Birmingham ; 1 girl is at Knotty Ash M.D. School, Liverpool, and
11 boys at Besford Court, Worcestershire