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SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Brookfield House School for Physically Handicapped Children
At the end of 1965 the medical classification of the 82 children on the roll was as
follows:-
Orthopaedic Disabilities 21
Cerebral Palsy 10
Cardiac Disabilities 10
Respiratory Disabilities 10
Haemophiliacs 5
Epileptics 5
Miscellaneous 16
Joseph Clarke School for Partially Sighted Children
The ophthalmic conditions on admission of the 61 children who attended the school during
1965 were as follows:-
Albinism 7
Aniridia 4
Cataracts 19
Choroiditis 1
Coloboma 2
Congenital Day Blindness 1
Corneal Opacity 1
Ectopia Hentis 3
High Myopia 4
Iridocyclitis 1
Mascular Degeneration 2
Nystagmus 5
Optic Atrophy 8
Retinitis Pigmentosa 2
Uveitis 1
Their visual acuities (Snellen), after correction, were as follows:-
Visual acuity of less than 6/60 16
Visual acuity of 6/60 13
" " " 6/36 14
" " " 6/24 7
" " " 6/18 6
William Morris School for the Deaf
Of the 55 children on the roll at the end of the year 25 were classified as deaf and 30 as
having partial hearing.
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