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under the heading "Children suffering from multiple defects"; of
these children, two were mentally defective (feeble-minded) as well
as cripples, one was crippled and blind, and one was a severe
epileptic as well as being a cripple. None of the four latter
children were attending school.
6th. Children suffering from severe heart disease.
There are 5 children with severe heart disease; 4 are not
attending school and 1 is at a certified residential cripple school.
All physically defective children of school age not in institutions
are examined every six months by the Assistant Medical
Officers.
(b) Mentally Defective Children:—
During 1931 I medically examined and reported upon 14
children under the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children)
Regulations, 1928, classified as follows: —
Feeble-minded Children.— Total number certified in 1931 7
Recommended for admission to a special school (day or
residential 4
Recommended for admission to a special school (residential) 3
idiot Children.— Total number certified in 1931 5
Recommended for admission to a residential institution 6
Imbecile Children.—Total number certified in 1931 1
Recommended for notification to Essex County Council 1
Dull and Backward Children.— Total number certified in 1931 1
Recommended attendance at special class for dull and
backward children for one year, and then to be reexamined
1
The following table shows the mental age (by the Binet Simon
tests) and the intelligence quotient of the feeble-minded
children examined during 1931. The border-line of mental
deficiency is where the intelligence quotient is about 75.