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EPILEPSY.
Table III. (d) gives a summary of epileptics found among
school children during 1927. 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.
Lingfield Colony for Epileptics—two boys.
Stoke Park Colony—one girl.
Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting—one boy.
Forest Gate Sick Home—one boy and four girls.
Hackney Branch Institution—one girl.
There are thirteen cases of severe epilepsy out of school,
and three slighter cases.
STAMMERERS.
Throughout the year special classes of six weeks' duration
have been carried on at various school centres in the borough,
viz. : Gainsborough Road, Elmhurst Road, Manor Road, and
Rosetta Road.
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 were six cases where sufficient improvement
was not made during the First Course; these were recommended
for a further Course.
The children are medically examined before and at the end
of the course. During the year 47 boys and 16 girls attended the
classes for stammering children.
(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.
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
(SECONDARY SCHOOLS.)
The statutory duties as regards the School Medical Service,
laid on Local Educational Authorities, are carried out in their
entirely at the Higher Educational Institutions in the Borough,
namely: The Municipal College, The Municipal Secondary
School in Tennyson Road, and the new Plaistow Secondary
School. By request of their respective Governors, the School
Medical Services have been applied to the West Ham High School
for Girls and the St. Angela's High School (Ursuline Convent
School).
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