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(b) Blind and Partially Blind Children.
There is only one blind child of school age and he is at the
Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind at
Upper Norwood.
Two partially blind boys attend the Ravenstone Myope
School (L.C.C.) at Balham. A girl who is mentally defective
and blind is at the Ellen Terry National Home for Blind
Defective Children at Reigate.
(c) Deaf Children.
One girl attends the Hearnville Road (Partially Deaf)
School at Balham.
(d) Epileptic Children.
There were no school children in the area suffering from
severe epilepsy requiring institutional treatment.
(e) Physically Defective Children.
Two physically defective boys are at the Heritage Craft
Schools at Chailey.
Four boys and one girl are undergoing orthopaedic treatment
at the St. Nicholas' and St. Martin's Hospital and Special
School, Pyrford. The girl is a school child suffering from
multiple defects.
(f) Delicate Children.
Three children are at the following institutions:—
One boy at Farningham Home for Little Boys, Swanley;
one boy at St. Catherine's Home, Ventnor, and one boy at St.
Patrick's Open Air School, Hayling Island. In addition, one
girl with rheumatic heart disease is at the West Wickham
Hospital and Home of Recovery for Children.
There are also eighty-one delicate children (35 boys and 46
girls) attending schools in the Borough. A great number of
these are home contacts of cases of tuberculosis. Many of them
are under the observation of the Tuberculosis Officer at the
Dispensary.
Eighteen delicate children were specially recommended to
receive free milk daily in school at the cost of the Education
Committee for an average period of three months. These were
principally children suffering from malnutrition, anaemia, and
debility.
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