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Poliomyelitis.
Six of the 14 cases of poliomyelitis notified occurred amongst school
children all of whom have been followed up by Medical Officers. In four
cases the children were found to be free of any disability; in the two remaining
cases one, a boy of 8 has some paralysis of the left upper limbs
and wears an abduction splint, the other, a boy of 12 has a wasting of the
right leg and walks with a very slight limp.
Special arrangements were made for both these children to continue to
attend school.
Handicapped Pupils.
Regulations made under the Education Act, 1944, places upon Local
Education Authorities responsibilities for the provision of suitable education
for children suffering from disability of mind or body from the age of
two years, cases being brought to the notice of the Authority by Head
Teachers or from other sources. Any case so notified is medically examined
with a view to ascertaining their suitability or otherwise for attendance at
and ordinary school.
The categories of pupils requiring special educational treatment are set
out below:—
(a) Blind pupils, that is to say, pupils who have no sight or whose
sight is or is likely to become so defective that they require education
by methods not involving the use of sight.
(b) Partially Sighted Pupils, that is to say, pupils who by reason of
defective vision cannot follow the ordinary curriculum without
detriment to their sight or to their educational development, but
can be educated by special methods involving the use of sight.
(c) Deaf Pupils, that is to say, pupils who have no hearing or whose
hearing is so defective that they require education by methods used
for deaf pupils without naturally acquired speech or language.
(d) Partially Deaf Pupils, that is to say, pupils whose hearing is so
defective that they require for their education special arrangements
or facilities but not all the educational methods used for deaf
pupils.
(e) Delicate Pupils, that is to say, pupils who by reason of impaired
physical condition cannot, without risk to their health, be educated
under the normal regime of an ordinary school.
(f) Diabetic Pupils, that is to say, pupils suffering from diabetes,
who cannot obtain the treatment they need while living at home
and require residential care.
(g) Educationally Subnormal Pupils, that is to say, pupils who, by
reason of limited ability or other conditions resulting in educational
retardation, require some specialised form of education wholly or
partly in substitution for the education normally given in ordinary
schools.
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