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There is no Special Day School for mentally defective
children.
There are special classes for retarded children at Bonner
Hill Road Infants' School, where instruction is based
upon the Montessori System, at the Junior Mixed and
Central Girls' and also at Richmnod Road Central Boys'
School.
Very backward and feeble minded children in the
Borough are transferred to these special classes on the
recommendation of the School Medical Officer.
There is one feeble minded child at a Certified School
for Mentally Defective Children.
There is one deaf child at a Certified School for the
Deaf.
There is one partially sighted child attending a Certified
School.
There is one case of severe epilepsy but four mild cases
are attending ordinary Elementary Schools.
Thirteen crippled children and eleven suffering from
heart disease are attending the Special Open Air Day
School.
In addition there are eleven delicate children suffering
from various defects attending this School.
SPEECH TRAINING
A class for children suffering from defective speech
is held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. A description
of the work was set out in the Annual Report for
1934.
Miss Badcock, who is in charge of the Class, reports
as follows:—
REPORT ON SPEECH TRAINING CLASS, 1937
Between January 1st 1937, and December 31st 1937,
twenty one children have been attending the clinic.
During that period three children were discharged with
normal speech, and two left at the age of fourteen on
leaving school. Sixteen children were on the register at
the end of the year.