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The general work of the school has continued along previous lines and
there has been the closest co-operation between teaching and medical staff.
Hospitals also have been most helpful in supplying relevant information
when asked.
Recommendations of admission were received from the following
sources:—
School Medical Officers 33
Borough Education Officer 2
Others 3
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The diagnoses were:—
School Medical Officers:—
Asthma 7
Asthma and debility 1
Asthma and bronchitis 2
Asthma and eczema 1
T.B. lungs 1
Old poliomyelitis 2
Hemiplegia 3
Congenital heart disease 1
Bronchitis
Hydrocephalus and paraplegia 1
Collapse of lung 1
Rheumatic carditis 1
Subnormal nutrition 1
Delicate—old T.B. lungs 1
Deafness 1
Spastic diplegia 1
Instability 1
Debility after encephalitis 1
Cerebral Palsy 2
Chronic sinusitis 1
Hydrocephalus 2
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Borough Education Officer:—
Old poliomyelitis 1
Recurrent respiratory infection 1
2
Others:—
T.B. knees and lung
Delicate—old spina bifida 1
Old hemiparesis 1
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The 38 children discharged left for the following reasons: —
Fit for ordinary school 15
Left school o,ver age 4
Admission to residential O.A.S. 2
. Admission to special school 1
Left district 5
Parents' request 1
Transfer to Cerebral Palsy Unit 9
Disability so severe that child was found
unsuitable for school 1
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