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Position at the end of the years
In day special schools 8
In residential special schools 4
In ordinary schools 33
Left school 3
DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN A deaf child is defined as one who has no hearing
or whose hearing is so defective that it requires education by methods used for deaf children
without naturally acquired speech or language, A partially deaf child is one whose hearing
is so defective that it requires for its education special arrangements or facilities but
not all the educational methods used for deaf children. The following figures relate to work
carried out in connection with deaf and partially deaf children during the year. The number
of ascertainments returned correspond more nearly to the figures of previous years, suggesting
that the steep increase observed in 1947 was due to the overtaking of arrears following the
opening of the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.
1948 1947 1946
Number ascertained during the year
(deaf) 2 9 2
Number ascertained during the year
(partially deaf) 9 24 3
Disposal of ascertained cases
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 8
Awaiting admission to Deaf Centre
(deaf) 2
(partially deaf) 1
Number known to the Authority at the end of the years
In residential special schools (deaf) 3
In day special schools (deaf) 20
In day special schools (partially
deaf) 4
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 28
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 childrens:-
Number ascertained during the year 48
Disposal of ascertained cases
In ordinary schools 18
Recommended day special schools 28
In residential special schools 1
Awaiting admission to Residential
Special Schools 1
Number of cases known to the Authority at end of years
In ordinary schools 53
In day special schools l4o
In residential special schools 23
Fresh admissions to special schools during the years
In day special schools 40
In residential schools 8
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