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Knotts Green Special School for Mental Defectives.
Admitted 17
Discharged 24
On roll at end of year 89
Fifteen children, certified to the Local Education Authority
as feeble-minded, were admitted to Knotts Green Special School
during the year and two children attending the Open Air School were
transferred to the School for Mental Defectives.
Of the 24 children whose names were removed from the roll,
7 reached the statutory leaving age of 16 years and were notified
to the Local Control Authority for supervision in accordance with
the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations;
3 were allowed to leave on withdrawal of certificate of mental
deficiency ; 13 removed from the district; 1 was notified to the Local
Control Authority as an imbecile.
Re-examinations.—In addition to the statutory medical
examinations under the Mental Deficiency Regulations detailed
above, it was possible during the year to submit 43 of the children
in this section of the school to more detailed examination and
intelligence tests with a view to determining improvement or
deterioration in their mental condition, the results being:—
Improved 0
Stationary 35
Deteriorated 8
Physically Defective Children.
Knotts Green Special School.
Accommodation is provided for 150 physically defective
children.
Admitted during the year 58
Discharged 53
,, —on withdrawal of certificates 39
„ —-on removal from district 11
,, —on reaching statutory leaving age 1
„ —on transfer to M.D. School —
„ —for residential treatment 2
„ —unsuitable for 0.A. School —
On roll at end of year 157