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DIABETIC PUPILS. These are pupils suffering from diabetes who cannot obtain the
treatment they need while living at home, and require residential care. Where regular
and effective medical treatment and care can be given to a child living at home there is
no need to disturb his education. If satisfactory care and treatment is impossible at home,
the child may be admitted to a hostel where this can be given; even so, he will attend an
ordinary school. One child was in the London County Council Diabetic Unit at Hutton, and
one was in St.Monica's School, Kingsdown, Deal.
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 77 and 46 were considered
as no longer belonging to this category. The number on the records at the end of the year
was 91. Two children were in Residential Special Schools. An account of the work of the
Speech Clinic appears on pages
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 1951, four cases were known to the Authority.
The particulars are as follows:
Elizabeth Fry Special School
1 boy, aged 14 years, Hemiplegia, Epilepsy and Educationally Subnormal.
1 boy, aged 13 years, Spastic diplegia and Educationally Subnormal.
Gurney Special School
1 girl, aged 12 years, Educationally Subnormal and Epileptic.
1 girl, aged 14 years. Educationally Subnormal and Spastic.
The first named subnormallty is considered to be the leading defect, and determines
the educational needs.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
The special schools for which the Authority is responsible are named hereunder:
Name of School Purpose for which used
Gurney Educationally subnormal.
Elizabeth Fry Educationally subnormal and
Physically Handicapped.
West Ham School for the Deaf Deaf and Partially Deaf.
Fyfield Residential Open Air
School Delicate Children.
ELIZABETH FRY AND GURNEY SPECIAL SCHOOLS
These two Schools are considered together because the separation of function which
is proposed under the Development Plan, whereby Elizabeth Fry becomes a school solely for
physically defective children and Gurney caters entirely for educationally subnormal
children, has not yet been fully implemented, and some educationally subnormal children
are still in attendance at the former. The combined capacity of the two schools is:
Educationally subnormal 200
Physically handicapped 80
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