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SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Brookfield House School for Physically Handicapped Children
At the end of 1968 the medical classification of the 85 children on the roll was as follows:-
Congenital deformities 7
Cerebral palsy 19
Cardiac disabilities 8
Muscular dystrophy 1
Haemophiliacs 5
Post poliomyelitis 1
Delicate 7
Spina Bifida 4
Other physical handicaps 33
Joseph Clarke School for Partially Sighted Children
The ophthalmic conditions on admission of the 68 children who attended the school during
1968 were as follows:-
Albinism 4
Aniridia 3
Cataracts 25
Congenital Day Blindness 1
Detached Retina 1
Dislocation of the Lenses 4
High Myopia 4
Iridocyclitis 2
Macular Aphasia 1
Microphthalmos 1
Nystagmus 8
Optic Atrophy 10
Retinitis Pigmentosa 1
Retinal Degeneration 2
Retinoblastoma 1
Their visual acuities (Snellen), after correction, were as follows:-
Visual acuity of less than 6/60 21
Visual acuity of 6/60 15
Visual acuity of 6/36 18
Visual acuity of 6/24 10
Visual acuity of 6/18 2
Not yet assessed because of age 2
William Morris School for the Deaf
Of the 63 children on the roll at the end of the year 39 were classified as deaf and 24 as
having partial hearing.
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