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One child was ascertained as partially deaf in 1954 and was placed in a
day school for the partially deaf.
There were four 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.
One child was ascertained as blind in 1954.
One child attends a residential school for the blind.
One child is waiting for admission to a residential school 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.
One child was ascertained during 1954.
There was one boy in this category attending a school for partially
sighted pupils.
Epileptic Pupils.
No child was ascertained as epileptic during 1954.
One child is attending a residential school and one child is attending a
day school.
Section 57, Education Act, 1944.
Under Sub-section 3 of this section of the Education Act children found
to be ineducable have to be notified to the Mental Welfare Authority. One
child was so notified and one other child (Forest Division) was referred for
notification.
Under Sub-section 5 of Section 57 children who require supervision by
the Mental Welfare Authority have to be notified. Two boys and seven girls
were so recommended in 1954 from Leyton and two boys and three girls
from Forest Division attending Harrow Green School were referred for
notification.
Section 48 of the Education Act.
Under this Section of the Act it is possible to send children in need of
a short recuperative holiday to a Convalescent or Holiday Home. This is an
excellent method of dealing with children who are very debilitated either
after a severe illness, such as pneumonia, or after a series of infections, such
as whooping cough, measles and influenza. They quickly improve with four
weeks at the seaside or in the country, and thereby reduce the number of
cases which might have to spend a long time in a day open air school. In
1954 some 43 children were sent away for from four to six weeks—16 girls
and 27 boys.