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Category J: Delicate. Pupils not falling under any other Category in the Regulations, but who
by reason of impaired physical condition need a change of environment, or cannot without risk to
their health or educational development, be educated in a normal regime in an ordinary school.
This important class of children constitutes those who suffer from diseases such as asthma,
general debility, less severe heart conditions, bronchitis and bronchiectasis, etc. This Borough has
acquired a residential school for delicate boys at Park Place, Henley, with accommodation for 75
boys. The majority of boys at this particular school are sent by other Authorities, and it is becoming
a much sought after establishment. The school occupies a commanding position over the valley of
the Thames at Henley, and is ideally suited to the type of child being educated there.
The majority of children who come into these categories are sufferers from one type of disease,
but just occasionally it is necessary to make recommendations in the case of a child who suffers
from two or more defects. In these cases the ingenuity of the department is taxed to the full and
the greatest care must be taken to see that these children derive the greatest benefit from the
education prescribed.
All handicapped children are reviewed annually after full medical examination and
consultation with the teaching staff concerned.

*A small number of these children were recommended and awaiting places in special schools.
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