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CLINIC FOR EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN
230 children were examined during 1956. The classification
arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows
(1) Pound to be mentally defective:
(a) Found to be mentally defective and referred to
Local Authority and Occupation Centre
(b) Pound to be mentally defective and referred to
Local Authority for Statutory Supervision
(c) Recommended Institutional Care and referred to
Local Authority
(2) Found to be educationally sub-normal:
(a) Recommended to St. Christopher's Special
School 4
(b) Recommended to Residential School 4
(c) Referred to Slow Stream in Ordinary Elementary
School 33
(d) Recommended for re-test 18
(e) Deferred for Medical Treatment 10
(f) Recommended for St. Giles' 2
(g) Recommended Epileptic Colony -
(h) Referred back to Ordinary Elementary School 38
(3) Referred to Child Guidance Clinic 8
(4) Examined for other Authorities -
190
Mental Tests at St. Christopher's 40
230
9 home visits have been paid to Education cases.