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BLIND, DEAF AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Board of Education Statistical Table III. indicates the number
of children of each category who have been maintained at Certified
Schools and also those who attend public elementary schools, etc.
Figures are compiled from the list of exceptional children on the
last day of the year and show that 26 were maintained at Special
Certified Schools by the Education Committee.
CONVALESCENT HOME TREATMENT.
The Council maintain 10 beds at the Russell Cotes School of
Recovery, Parkstone, Dorset and children are selected from the
public elementary schools whose physical condition makes a period
of convalescence desirable. These children are sent away for a
period of six weeks and are examined before and after their period
of convalescence.
In addition 20 children were sent to other Convalescent Homes
where their physical condition necessitated more specialised treatment
than is available at the Russell Cotes School of Recovery,
and this especially applied to children suffering from acute
rheumatic affection of the heart, these being admitted to
recognised Heart Homes where appropriate treatment could be
obtained.
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
27 feeble minded children are in attendance at the Special
School for Educable Mentally Defective Children, Oak Lodge,
Finchley. The number of children notified to the Local Mental
Deficiency Authority during the year is shown on Table XIII.
These children are conveyed to and from school by a char-abanc,
and the necessary meals are provided at the School.
The children are re-examined annually by the Council's medical
staff to ascertain what progress they are making, and prior to their
reaching the age of 16 years, at which age they are due to leave
the Special School, are examined with a view to ascertaining
whether or not they should be notified to the Local Supervising
Authority for after care and supervision.