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of blind and and partially sighted children, but where possible arrangements are made for
these children to be admitted to residential or day special schools conducted under other
auspiceso The following figures relate to work carried out in connection with blind and
partially sighted children during the year:-
BLIND
Number ascertained during the year Nil
Number in Residential Special Schools at end
of year 5
PARTIALLY SIGHTED
Number known to the Authority during the year 4 5
Number ascertained during the year Nil
Position at the end of the years
In day special schools 12
In residential special schools 3
In ordinary schools 24
Out of school Nil
DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN. A deaf child is defined as one who has no
hearing or whose hearing is so defective that it required 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 year0 The number of ascertainments showed a substantial increase over the
figures of previous years, and the greater part of the increase was contributed by the
partially deaf* This was largely the result of the audiometric surveys which are reported
on page 57-
Number ascertained during the years
Deaf 6
Partially Deaf 19
Disposal of ascertained cases:
Admitted to Day Special School (Deaf) 1
Admitted to Residential Special School (Deaf) 1
Out of school awaiting admission to Day Special
School for Totally Deaf 2
Under 5 years awaiting admission to Day Special
School for Totally Deaf 1
Out of school awaiting admission to Residential
Special School for Totally Deaf 1
Awaiting admission to Day Special School (at
present in ordinary school)(partially deaf) 2
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 17
Number known to the Authority at the end of the year:
In residential special schools (deaf) 3
In day special schools (deaf) 19
In day special schools (partially deaf) 6
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 32
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