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EPILEPSY.
Table III. (d) gives a summary of epileptics found among
school children during 1926. Only the more severe cases are
excluded from school.
A number of West Ham epileptic children are boarded out
in Institutions as follows:—
Chalfont St. Peter's Home for Epileptics—one boy and
one girl.
St. Elizabeth's Home for Epileptics, Much Hadham—one
girl.
Lingfield Colony for Epileptics—one boy.
Stoke Park Colony—one girl.
Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting—one boy.
Forest Gate Sick Home—three girls.
There are eleven cases of severe epilepsy and three slighter
cases "out of school."
STAMMERERS.
Throughout the year special classes of six weeks' duration
have been carried on at various school centres.
The number in each class is about ten, and a continuous
waiting list is available from the findings of the annual census
of exceptional children.
The classes, which are under the supervision of Mrs.
Wardhaugh, have been very successful, and the results have
been promising, there being only two cases during the year
that did not make any headway, and in these cases the home
environment was at fault. It remains to be seen whether or
not the improvement is permanently maintained.
The children are medically examined before and at the
end of the course. During the year 73 children were so
examined prior to attending the Stammering Class.
(18) Nursery Schools.
There is now only one school (voluntary) in the
Borough. The supervision of children under five years who
require convalescence or operative treatment for Tonsils and
Adenoids or other medical attention is carried out by the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department.