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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
82, and 46 were considered as no longer belonging to this category. The number on the
records at the end of the year was 92. Two children were in Residential Special Schools
during the year. An account of the work of the Speech Clinic appears on pages 80 and 8l.
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, since no authority is likely to have more than two or three children
with any particular combination of disabilities. In the year 1952, four cases were
known to the Authority. The particulars are as follows:
Elizabeth Fry Special School
1 boy, aged 15 years, Physically Handicapped (Hemiplegia)
Epileptic and Educationally Sub-normal.
1 boy, aged 14 years, Physically Handicapped (Spastic diplegia)
and Educationally Sub-normal.
(Notified to the Local Health Authority
as ineducable, May, 1952).
1 girl, aged 11 years, Physically Handicapped (Alopecia)
and Educationally Sub-normal.
Gurney Special School
1 girl, aged 15 years, Educationally Sub-normal and Physically
Handicapped (Spastic).
The first named condition is considered to be the leading defect, and determines
the educational needs.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
The Authority is responsible for the following Special Schools:
Name of School Purpose for which used
Gurney Educationally sub-normal.
Elizabeth Fry Educationally sub-normal and
Physically Handicapped.
West Ham School for the Deaf Deaf and Partially Deaf.
Fyfield Residential Open Air
School Delicate Children.
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