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The children attending the partially-hearing units require special teaching because of their hearing difficulty,
but are otherwise fully integrated with ordinary school life.
The opening of the Moselle School in October 1970 facilitated the placement of educationally subnormal
children. At the end of the year, however, there were still 177 children in this category attending day special
schools out of the Borough, mainly at Durants School, Enfield (29), Oak Tree School, Enfield (23) and
Oak Lodge School, Barnet (97). On 21 January 1971 there were 30 educationally subnormal children in
the Borough awaiting placement in day special schools. There is still a particular need for the placement
of such children under seven years of age.
Partially-sighted pupils requiring day special schooling are placed mainly in the Joseph Clarke School, Walthamstow,
or New River School, Islington, and delicate pupils mainly at Hazelbury Open-Air School, Enfield.
(b) Residential Special Schools
The Borough's residential special school — Suntrap Open-Air School, Hayling Island, Hampshire accepts
delicate and physically nandicapped children — boys of primary school age, i.e. 5 to 11, and girls of all
ages. The resident staff includes a night nurse, and a medical practitioner attends twice a week and a dental
officer once a week.
I am sorry to have to record that Dr. A.J. May, who retired in September 1969 from his appointment as
part-time medical officer to the school, died in January 1971.
The number of children placed at Suntrap at the end of 1970 was 103, of whom 21 were Haringey children
and 82 from other Boroughs.
The following were the defects for which the Haringey children required placement —
Asthma 7; Chronic bronchitis 4; Nervous debility 2; Hirschsprung's Disease 1; Recurrent respiratory infection 1;
Lead poisoning 1; Emotional disturbance 3; Epilepsy 1; Hydronephrosis 1.
Blind children are educated in residential special schools, mainly at Dorton House, Sevenoaks and at Linden
Lodge School, Wimbledon.
Children in other handicapped categories who require residential schooling are placed in schools administered
by other local authorities or independent bodies, apart from children suffering from severe epilepsy, who are
placed in hospital special schools. The only large number of such children are those in the maladjusted
category.
Hospital Classes
I am indebted to the Chief Education Officer for the following report: —
"Tuition has continued to be provided by two teachers to children who have been in-patients at St. Ann's
and the Prince of Wales's Hospitals. The ages of the children concerned range from 5 to 15 years. By dose
liaison with the day school, every effort is made to ensure that each child follows his own curriculum as far
as his condition allows.
The teachers greatly appreciate the co-operation of the hospital staffs, which ensures the smooth running of
the classes, and also the help provided by the Haringey Library Service.
The average number of children receiving tuition at any one time was 32."
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