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2nd. Deaf and Dumb Children.—There are eight children
falling within this category. Of these three are deaf and dumb
and five are deaf only. Six cases are in attendance at certified
schools for the deaf, one is in attendance at a public elementary
school, and one has left school, being over 14 years of age (the
parents of both children having declined special school treatment).
3rd. Epileptic Children.—There are twenty-three children
known to the department. Two of these children are in a certified
school for epileptics, and two are awaiting admission to such an
institution. Of the remaining nineteen, eighteen are attending
public elementary schools in the district, and one is over 14 years
of age and is not attending school.
4th. Tuberculous Children.—There are twenty-three children
suffering, or who have suffered, from Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
fifteen of whom are attending public elementary schools, and one
is attending a private school in the district; one is in a sanatorium,
six are physically unfit to attend school (five of whom are over
14 years of age and have left school).
Ten children are suffering from active glandular tuberculosis
and are at present attending school.
In addition, at the end of 1925, one hundred and eighty-five
children who were pre-tubercular were attending public elementary
schools in the district.
5th. Other Physically Defective and Crippled Children.—
There were at the end of the year, twenty-one physically defective
children suitable for admission to a cripple school; seven of
these cases were not attending school, nine were attending public
elementary schools, two were attending private schools in the
district, and three were in institutions. Of the twenty-one children
mentioned, twelve are twelve years of age or over.
(b) Mentally Defective Children.—
During 1925 I medically examined and reported upon 26
children under the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children)
Regulations, 1914, classified as follows