View report page

88
It was possible in 1946 to continue with the inoculation against
diphtheria and scarlet fever of the children at the Elmbridge Camp School,
Dr. A. H. Gerrard, of Dorking, undertaking the service on a sessional basis;
the numbers immunised were
Scarlet Fever Inoculations = 48}= 97
Dick Re-tests = 49}
Diphtheria Inoculations = 28}=78
Schick tests =50}
Handicapped Children.
Section 33 of the Education Act, 1944, and the regulations made thereunder
have placed on the Local Education Authorities new responsibilities
for the provision of suitable education for children suffering from disability
of mind or body.
A record of all such children is revised annually from returns submitted
by all Head Teachers, and any new cases attending local maintained schools
are reported to me with a view to medical examination and ascertainment
of their suitability or otherwise of attendance at an ordinary school.
The several categories of pupils requiring special educational treatment
are defined as follows:—
(а) Blind Pupils, that is to say, pupils who have no sight or whose sight
is or is likely to become so defective that they require education by
methods not involving the use of sight.
(b) Partially Sighted Pupils, that is to say, pupils who by reason of
defective vision cannot follow the ordinary curriculum without
detriment to their sight or to their educational development, but
can be educated by special methods involving the use of sight.
(c) Deaf Pupils, that is to say pupils who have no hearing or whose
hearing is so defective that they require education by methods used
for deaf pupils without naturally acquired speech or language.
(d) Partially Deaf Pupils, that is to say, pupils whose hearing is so defec
tive that they require for their education special arrangements or
facilities but not all the educational methods used for deaf pupils.
(e) Delicate Pupils, that is to say, pupils who by reason of impaired
physical condition cannot, without risk to their health, be educated
under the normal regime of an ordinary school.
(f) Diabetic Pupils, that is to say, pupils suffering from diabetes, who
cannot obtain the treatment they need while living at home and
require residential care.
(g) Educationally Sub-Normal Pupils, that is to say, pupils who, by
reason of limited ability or other conditions resulting in educational
retardation, require some specialised form of education wholly or
partly in substitution for the education normally given in ordinary
schools.
In connection with the last, a special class for such pupils was opened
at the Newbury Park school on June 17th, 1946. 29 children, who had
previously been medically examined and found to fall within this category,
were admitted to this class on that date. Since then a further 18 children
have been admitted. At the end of the year, 42 were in attendance and 39
were awaiting admission.
(h) Epileptic Pupils, that is to say, pupils who by reason of epilepsy
cannot be educated in an ordinary school without detriment to the
interests of themselves or other pupils and require education in a
Special School.