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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 Richmond 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.
Four mild cases of epilepsy are attending ordinary
Elementary Schools.
Fourteen crippled children and eleven suffering from
heart disease are attending the Special Open Air Day
School.
In addition there are seventeen 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 THE SPEECH CLINIC FOR 1938
Betwen January 1st 1938 and December 31st 1938,
thirty-one children have attended the Speech Clinic. Two
of these children left the clinic on attaining school leaving
age, one left the district, and six were discharged and returned
to their schools with normal speech. Twenty-two
children were left on the register at the end of the year.