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London County Council Diabetic Unit at Hutton in 1945 was
still in the hostel in 1946. The number of new cases ascertained
during the year was 2. At the end of the year they were still
awaiting admission to the Diabetic Unit.
(j) PUPILS SUFFERING FROM SPEECH DEFECTS.
These are pupils who, on account of stammering, aphasia, or
defect of voice or articulation not due to deafness, require special
educational treatment. The number of new cases ascertained
during the year was 212, and 55 were considered as no longer
belonging to this category. The number on the records at the
end of the year was 134. An account of the work of the speech
clinic appears on page 75.
(k) CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM DUAL OR
MULTIPLE DEFECTS. Children handicapped by more than
one defect often present a serious problem in arranging suitable
education, as there are so few schools which specialise in the
education of children with dual disabilities. There is a real need
for further provision, which can only be made on a national
basis, as no authority is likely to have more than two or three
children with any particular combination of disabilities. In the
year 1946 the number of cases known to the Authority was 7.
The particulars are as follows:
1 boy, aged 13 years, totally deaf and educationally subnormal,
in Rayners School, Penn, Bucks.
1 girl, aged 14 years, partially-deaf and partially-sighted,
in Rayners School, Penn, Bucks.
3 girls and 2 boys, aged 10-14 years—educationally subnormal
and physically handicapped. One girl in Grange
Road Special School; the others in Knox Road Special
School. In each case the educational subnormality is
considered to be the leading defect in determining their
educational needs.
Of these 7 children, 2, both in the last group, were fresh
ascertainments during the year.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
The special schools for which the Authority is responsible
are shown hereunder:
Name of School Purpose for which used
Knox Road Educationally subnormal and Physically
Handicapped. (After the
summer vacation, the physically
handicapped and the junior educationally
subnormal pupils were
transferred to Grange Road Special
School.)
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