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Benton Open-Air School in Ilford, 7 were attending certified residential
cripple schools, 2 at private schools. In addition, there were
also 4 children included under the heading " Children suffering
from Multiple Defects " ; 3 were mentally defective (feeble-minded)
as well as cripples, and 1 was crippled and also suffering from
abdominal tuberculosis. 2 of the 4 latter children were attending
ordinary elementary schools, 1 not attending any school, and 1
attending a technical school.
7th. Children suffering from severe heart disease.
There are 15 children with severe heart disease; 2 are not
attending school (1 being over 14); 1 at a certified hospital school;
2 are at the Ilford Open-Air School, and 10 at public elementary
schools. In addition, 2 children are included under the heading
" Children suffering from Multiple Defects," also mentally
defective and are not attending an elementary school, one being
over 14 years of age.
(b) Mentally Defective Children:—
During 1936, 19 children were medically examined and
reported upon under the Mental Deficiency (Notification of
Children) Regulations, 1928, classified as follows:—
Feeble-minded Children.—Total number certified in 1936 and
recommended for admission to a special school (day or
residential) 19
Imbecile Children.—Total number certified in 1936 and recommended
for notification to Essex County Council 4
Dull and Backward Children.—Total number certified in 1936
and recommended attendance at special class for dull and
backward children for one year, and then to be reexamined
19
The following table shows the mental age (by the Binet
Simon tests) and the intelligence quotient of the feeble-minded
children examined during 1936. The border-line of mental deficiency
is where the intelligence quotient is about 75.