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1946 1947
Number ascertained during the year (deal) 2 9
Number ascertained during the year (partially-deaf)
3 24
Disposal of ascertained cases:
Admitted to day special schools (deaf) 7
Admitted to day special schools (partially deaf) 2
In ordinary schools (partially-deaf) 22
Awaiting admission to Deaf Centre 2
Number known to the Authority at the end of the year:
In residential special schools (deaf) 1
In day special schools (deaf) 24
In day special schools (partially-deaf) 4
In ordinary schools (partially-deaf) 24
(d) EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL CHILDREN.
These children are defined as pupils who, by reason of limited
ability or other conditions resulting in educational retardation,
require some specialised form of education, wholly or partly, in
substitution for the education normally given in ordinary schools.
The following figures relate to work carried out in connection
with educationally subnormal children: —
Number ascertained during the year 63
Disposal of ascertained cases:
In ordinary schools 20
Recommended day special schools 42
In residential special schools 1
Number of cases known to the Authority at end of year:
In ordinary schools 68
In day special schools 140
In residential special schools 22
Fresh admissions to special schools during the year:
In day special schools 29
In residential schools 3
(e) EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. The definition of an
epileptic child for our purpose is one who, by reason of epilepsy,
cannot be educated in an ordinary school without detriment to
the interests of himself or other pupils and requires education
in a special school. It is not every child with epilepsy who can
be technically "ascertained" as an epileptic. The definition is
a functional one, relating not to the medical classification of the
disease but to the child's educational needs or to his influence
on others, and these factors are the sole criteria which determine
whether a child shall be ascertained. Children ascertained as
epileptic can only be properly educated in a boarding special
school. The work relating to epilepsy during the year may be
summarised as follows: —
86