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SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Brookfield House School for Physically Handicapped Children
At the end of 1967 the medical classification of the 86 children on the roll was as follows:
Orthopaedic Disabilities 9
Cerebral Palsy 15
Cardiac Disabilities 8
Respiratory Disabilities 13
Haemophiliacs 5
Epileptics 3
Brain Damage 8
Spina Bifida 5
Maladjustment and Psychiatric Disorders 3
School Attendance Defectors 4
Miscellaneous Disabilities 13
Joseph Clarke School for Partially Sighted Children
The ophthalmic conditions on admission of the 74 children who attended the school during
1967 were as follows:-
Albinism 7
Aniridia 4
Cataracts 26
Coloboma 2
Congenital Day Blindness 1
Corneal Opacity 1
Detached Retina 1
Ectopia Lentis 4
High Myopia 4
Iridocyclitis 2
Macular Degeneration 2
Nystagmus 9
Optic Atrophy 6
Retinitis Pigmentosa 2
Retinal Degeneration 2
Retinoblastoma 1
Their visual acuities (Snellen), after correction, were as follows:-
Visual acuity of less than 6/60 18
Visual acuity of 6/60 19
6/36 16
" 6/24 11
6/18 3
Not yet assessed because of age 7
William Morris School for the Deaf
Of 'he 66 children on the roll at the end of the year 35 were classified as deaf and 31 as
having partial hearing.
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