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Seven girls and five boys who were suffering from mild attacks
of epilepsy, occurring at night and never in the day, were attending
public elementary schools and one girl was kept at home where
she was undergoing treatment by her regular medical attendant.
One crippled boy, who was unable to attend the ordinary
school was maintained at a Special Residential School. All the
other children suffering from crippling conditions, except one boy
who was kept at home, were able to attend the public elementary
schools like normal children—a very satisfactory state of things
which has been mainly due to the marked improvement in their
condition resulting from continuous and effective orthopaedic
treatment.
One boy and two girls suffering from heart disease were maintained
at a Special Hospital School.
Four feeble-minded children, three girls and one boy, were
maintained at Special Residential Schools. There were 59 feebleminded
children, 31 girls and 28 boys, in attendance at public
elementary schools.
Twelve children were notified during the year to the Local
Mental Deficiency Authority: one idiot girl, five imbecile boys,
and four imbecile girls; one feeble-minded boy and one feebleminded
girl on leaving a special school after attaining the age of
16 years.
The ascertainment of all the mentally defective children in
the public elementary schools was completed early in the year and
those deemed to be non-educable were duly notified to the Local
Mental Deficiency Authority. As the Hadow Re-organisation
Scheme proceeds in the schools parallel classes are being formed
and retarded children are being dealt with in these. When the
re-organisation has been completed it is expected that all retarded
children will be accommodated in such classes and that such
records of their educational progress will be available as will assist
in determining what is the next best step to take in providing
for their special education.