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Martin's Orthopædic Hospital and Special School, Pyrford, were
discharged during the course of the year.
The majority of the twenty crippled children in the public
elementary schools attended the Orthopaedic Clinic and were
periodically examined by the Surgeon.
(d) Children with Heart Disease. One child with severe
heart disease was undergoing treatment at The Heart Home,
West Wickham, at the end of 1933.
Two other children, suffering from rheumatism with cardiac
complications were discharged from this institution during the
course of the year. These, together with four other children
with heart disease, were in attendance at public elementary
schools at the end of December. They were kept under observation
periodically and the school curriculum was modified in a
manner suitable to their requirements.
SPECIAL SCHOOL.
The Education Committee has its own Special School, with
accommodation for fifty children. This is sufficient to meet
the requirements of the Borough.
At the end of 1933 there were thirty-six children (seventeen
boys and nineteen girls) in attendance. In addition, one boy
was attending the Littleton Street (L.C.C.) Special School and
one boy and one girl were receiving education in special residential
institutions.
The total number of Wimbledon children attending such
Special Schools at the end of the year was thirty-nine, as
compared with thirty-seven at the end of 1932.
Four boys and three girls were admitted during 1933.
One boy left the school as his parents had removed from
the district. Two boys and three girls left the school, either
having attained the age of sixteen years or having attained such
a standard as to justify their leaving to take up suitable
employment.
Every child attending the school is examined at least once
a year in addition to the routine medical inspections. The
School Medical Officer visited the school, on an average, once
a week for this purpose.
Fourteen children were examined in the routine way in the
following prescribed groups:—
Second Age Group 3
Third Age Group 8
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