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West Ham 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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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 who
has some naturally acquired speech or language but whose hearing is so defective that it
requires for its education special arrangements or facilities though not necessarily 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 2
Partially deaf 15
Disposal of ascertained cases:
Admitted to day special school (deaf) 1
Awaiting admission to day special school
(at present in ordinary school) (partially deaf) 1
Awaiting admission to day special school
(at present in ordinary school) (deaf) 1
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 14
Number known to the Authority at the end of the year:
In residential special schools (deaf) 5
In day special schools (deaf) 22
In day special schools (partially deaf) 6
In ordinary schools (partially deaf) 55
Out of school (deaf) 1
(partially deaf) 1
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 children:-
Number ascertained during the year 63
Disposal of ascertained cases:
In ordinary schools 25
Recommended day special schools 38
Number of cases known to the Authority at end of year:
In ordinary schools 94
In day special schools 168
In residential special schools 11
Fresh admissions to special schools during the year:
In day special schools 22
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