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these youngsters were placed from the point
of view of employment. A questionnaire was
devised, 80 of which were sent out, 53 of
these were returned which showed 25 of the
younger people to be in open employment
and a further 12 in sheltered employment.
16 of the people who filled in the questionnaire
were not working at all at the time of the
survey and it was found that 8 of these had
never worked since leaving school.
These young people were all severely
handicapped In view of the increasing number
of children with rrultiple handicaps who now
attend Martindale School it is likely that in
the future there will also be an increase in
the number of school leavers who do not find
employment in the existing circumstances
Heston School for the Deaf (Heston)
This day school, with its associated classes
for the partially hearing in Townfield and
Harlington Secondary Schools, Springwell
Infant, Springwell Junior, Norwood Green
Infant and Norwood Green Junior Schools
provides accommodation for 160 deaf and
partially hearing pupils. The medical
officer to the hearing clinic gives general
medical supervision of these pupils and
there is full discussion of hearing and
learning difficulties between the clinic and
teachina staff

The Marjory Kinnon School (Bedfont)
One hundred and ninety children whose
intelligence is within the educationally subnormal
range attend this school. Since November
1969 there have been twice weekly medical
sessions The reasons for the low intelligence
are numerous. In some cases brain damage in
the perinatal period appears to be the cause.
In others the cause may be a recessive genetic
condition in an otherwise normal family. There
are several children with conditions such as
Down's disease, phenylketonuria, tuberose
sclerosis. Pradi-Willi syndrome and other
neurological syndromes. It appears that in
the majority of children in this school the low
intelligence is due to some form of brain
pathology and only in the minority of cases
are the children underprivileged from socially
inadequate homes
This means that there is a large amount of
medical supervision necessary. There are
sixteen epileptics and interviews with parents
have revealed some unreported cases. The
physiotherapist visits twice a week and at
present treats or oversees nineteen children.
There are several with spastic hemiplegia.
Two speech therapists visit the school and
examine every child for speech defect or
language delay Several children attend a
language stimulation class, run jointly by
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