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The three children who were discharged with normal
speech had all been admitted suffering from disordered
articulation. In every case the speech was quite unintelligible.
The home circumstances varied, one child came
from a good home where a careful mother helped him with
his exercises, the other two had very little help or encouragement
at home.
Of the two children who left at the age of fourteen,
one had a cleft palate and the other was a stammerer. In
both cases the speech had improved to some extent.
Of the sixteen children at present attending, thirteen
are making satisfactory progress. One boy in particular,
who, at the age of eleven was admitted in June suffering
from a severe stammer, can now read and speak almost
normally.
The unsatisfactory progress of the other three children
is due, in two cases to continued absence, and in the third
to retarded mental development.
During 1937, three discharged cases reported at the
clinic; one case having been discharged for six months,
and two cases having been discharged for a year. In
every case the speech was quite normal.
OPEN AIR DAY SCHOOL
The Special School for Physically Defective and
delicate children was fully described in the Annual Report
for 1931.
No. on register December, 1936 39
No. admitted during 1937 12
No. transferred to ordinary schools 10
No. left school 2
No. on register December, 1937 39
It is satisfactory to note that as stated above ten
children were rendered fit to return to ordinary Public
Elementary Schools.
The children receive morning and afternoon milk, the
cost of which in necessitous cases is met by a voluntary
fund.