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PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Mental Defective Children.
Statutory Medical Examinations.
During the year, some 53 children were referred for statutory
medical examination.
As the result of examination these 53 children were classified
as follows :—
Idiots 0
Imbeciles 1
Moral defectives 0
On attaining 16 years of age—for supervision under
the M.D. (Notification of Children) Regulations 1
Certified to Local Education Authority as feebleminded
5
Remained under certificate 18
Certificate withdrawn 1
Dull and backward 9
Backward 2
Borderline cases—to be re-assessed in six months 11
Normal 5
53
Knotts Green Special School for Mental Defectives.
Admitted 3
Discharged 8
Physically Defective Children.
Knotts Green Open Air School.
Admitted during the year 21
Discharged 42