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XIII.—BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC
CHILDREN.
A register is kept of all defective children in the district, and
every effort is made to keep this register as accurate as possible.
It is based very largely on the results of the routine and special
medical inspections, but for information about such children as
do not attend school we are indebted for assistance to School
Attendance Officers, School Nurses, Health Visitors and others.
All defective children are kept under supervision and seen by the
School Medical Officer at regular intervals. Where the defect is
such that a special school is indicated, steps are taken to secure
this provision.
(a) Blind.
There are no blind children of school age in Wood Green, and
only one child whose eyesight is so defective as to make it difficult
for her to profit by instruction in an ordinary elementary school.
This child is in attendance at the Partially Sighted School in Lordship
Lane. The children there are under the regular supervision of
the School Ophthalmic Surgeons, and the school is visited regularly
by the School Medical Officer.
The Wood Green School for the Partially Sighted provides
accommodation not only for Wood Green children, but for children
from other educational authorities. The total number of partially
sighted children attending at the end of the year was twenty-four.
Of these, one only belonged to Wood Green, fourteen to Tottenham,
four to Enfield, three to Hornsey, and one each to Finchley and
Edmonton. A mid-day meal is provided at the school for children
who are unable to go home.
(b) Deaf.
There are four children on the register who are so deaf as not
to be able to profit from instruction at an ordinary elementary
school. These attend the Tottenham Special School for the Deaf.
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