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Table No. 24.—Corresponding to Table III. of the Board of Education's Medical
Statistical Tables.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
This Table is compiled from the list of exceptional children as it stands on the last day of
the calendar year.
No child is entered under more than one heading.
Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.—Information is only given in respect of
children suffering from any combination of the following types of defect:—
Blindness (not Partial Blindness) Active Tuberculosis.
Deafness (not Partial Deafness). Crippling (as defined in the penultimate
Mental Defect. category of the Table).
Epilepsy. Heart Disease.
The actual combination of defects is stated below together with the type of school attended.
State here the number of children suffering from any
combination of the above defects 5
Of the 5 children suffering from multiple defects, 1 is in attendance at a certified school for
mentally defective children and suffers from infantile paralysis; 3 are in attendance at a certified
school for physically defective children, and are also mentally defective, and 1 is in attendance at an
epileptic colony and is also mentally defective.
Blind Children.—A blind child is a child who is too blind to be able to read the ordinary
school books used by children.
Entered in this Section are only children who are so blind that they can only be appropriately
taught in a school for blind children.
At Certified Schools for the Blind 3
At Public Elementary Schools —
At Other Institutions -
At no School or Institution -
Total 3
Partially Blind Children.—Entered in this Section are only children who, though they
cannot read ordinary school books or cannot read them without injury to their eyesight, have such
power of vision that they can appropriately be taught in a school for the partially blind.
Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by
children without fatigue or injury to their vision are not included in this Table.
At Certified Schools for the Blind 13
At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind 8
At Public Elementary Schools —
At other Institutions —
At no School or Institution —
Total 21
Deaf Children.—A deaf child is a child who is too deaf to be taught in a class of hearing
children in an elementary school.
Entered in this Section are only children who are so deaf that they can only be appropriately
taught in a school for the deaf.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf 13
At Public Elementary Schools —
At other Institutions —
At no School or Institution —
Total 13
Partially Deaf Children.—Entered in this Section only are children who can appropriately
be taught in a school for the partially deaf.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf 3
At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf 6
At Public Elementary Schools —
At other Institutions 1
At no School or Institution 1
Total 11