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One boy was ascertained to be totally deaf in 1952.
There are six children of school age attending Residential Deaf
Schools. Six children are at Day Schools for the Deaf.
Partially Deaf Pupils.
These are children whose hearing is so defective that they
require for their education special arrangements or facilities, but
not all the educational methods used for deaf pupils. They usually
learn speech in a normal fashion, with or without hearing aids.
No children were ascertained as Partially Deaf in 1952.
There were two children at Residential Schools for the Partially
Deaf. There is one child at a Day Partially Deaf School.
Hearing aids have been supplied to four children who are able
to carry on at Ordinary Schools satisfactorily.
Blind.
These are children who are blind, or whose sight is so defective
that they cannot be educated by methods involving the use of
sight.
No child was ascertained as blind in 1952.
Four children attend Residential Schools for the Blind.
Partially Sighted.
These are children who cannot follow the ordinary curriculum
without detriment to their sight or to their educational development,
but can be educated by methods involving the use of sight.
No child was so ascertained during 1952.
There was one boy in this category attending a school for
Partially Sighted pupils.
Epileptic Pupils.
One child was ascertained as epileptic and admitted to a
Residential School.
Section 57, Education Act, 1944.
Under Subsection 3 of this section of the Education Act
children found to be ineducable have to be notified to the Mental
Welfare Authority. In 1952 four boys and one girl were notified
as being incapable of education in the Special School.