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increased during the last two years largely
due to a lack of nursery facilities. In 1971,
however,two nursery classes for a total of 20
children will be opened which should greatly
reduce this waiting list.
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
Norwood Green Junior and Oriel 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 teaching staff.

The Marjory Kinnon School (Bedfont)
During the year a senior medical officer
visited the school twice a week All children
in the school were examined during the year
and in the majority of instances one or both
parents were able to attend to discuss their
child s health and educational progress. With
the consent of the family doctors some children
were referred to the Great Ormond Street and
other hospitals for further investigations.
Electro encephalographic examinations which
were arranged with Chevne Walk Centre for
spastic children yielded useful information.
Over ninety of the children were found to
have a definite organic condition which could
be associated with mental backwardness and
over sixty were found to have had an abnormal
birth In many cases the cause was considered
to have been multifactorial Letters were sent
to consultants and family doctors where it was
felt that the school could give additional useful
information about illness, fits or behaviour The
psychologist physiotherapist and speech thera
pist made a point of seeing parents where this
would be useful Visits by the social worker
were particularly helpful and often it was only
with her help that medical work could be carried
out particularly with problem families. The
headmaster and his staff appreciated the interest
shown bv the medical staff and were always ready
to co operate in frequent discussions about the
children by giving information about difficulties
with sight hearing learning problems and
changes in behaviour.
A need was felt for extra help by a member of
staff with nursing experience and a part time
appointment was made in September, 1970
A new school building which is being erected
will when completed give much larger space for
medical and psychological examination and for
physiotherapy and speech therapy. It will then be
possible to extend the combined work which is
going on between the psychologist and speech
therapist on language development and it is
hoped that it will be possible to allocate more
speech therapy sessions to the school.
The figures on the following table show the
numbers of children who attend the school from
Hounslow and neighbouring authorities
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