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PARTIALLY SIGHTED
Number known to the Authority during the year 45
Number ascertained during the year 3
Position at the end of the year:
In day special schools 11
In residential special schools 1
In ordinary schools 33
Out of school Nil
DEAF AND PARTIALIY 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. Figures
relating to work carried out in connection with deaf and partially deaf children during
the year are set out below.
Number ascertained during the year:
Deaf Nil
Partially deaf 17
Disposal of ascertained cases:
Admitted to Day Special School
(Partially Deaf) 2
Awaiting admission to Day Special School
(at present in ordinary school) (partially deaf) 1
in ordinary schools (partially deaf) 14
Number known to the Authority at the end of the year:
In residential special schools (deaf) 4
In day special schools (deaf) 24
In day special schools (partially deaf) 5
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 56
EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL 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 sub-normal childrenn:-
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86