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PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Mentally Defective Children :
Statutory Medical Examinations.
During the year, some 63 children were referred for statutory
medical examination.
As the result of examination these 80 children were classified
as follows :—
Idiots 1
Imbeciles 5
Moral defectives 0
On attaining 16 years of age—for supervision under
the M.D. (Notification of Children) Regulations 11
Certified to Local Education Authority as feebleminded
6
Remained under certificate 18
Certificate withdrawn 1
Dull and backward 16
Borderline cases—to be re-assessed in six months 4
Normal 1
63
Knotts Green Special School for Mental Defectives.
Admitted 3
Discharged 21
On roll at end of year 50
Physically Defective Children.
Knotts Green Open Air School.
Accommodation is provided for 150 physically defective
children.
Admitted during the year 14
Discharged 44
,, —on withdrawal of certificates 34
,, —on removal from district 7
,, —on reaching statutory leaving age 3
On roll at end of year 141