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Through parents, attendance officers, health visitors and nurses,
children afflicted with these conditions are brought to the notice of your
Committee's medical officers.
The blind are sent to Institutions for the blind. There are seven
Tottenham children in the following Institutions for the blind and
partially blind:—
East London Home, Clapton 2 children.
White Oak, Swanley, Kent 4 ,,
Royal Normal College, Norwood 1 child.
Myopic children attend the Wood Green Myopic Centre. These are
first examined by your Eye Specialist, whose advice is acted upon.
The deaf attend the Tottenham School for the Deaf, and children
from neighbouring authorities are, by arrangement, likewise admitted.
A school nurse visits twice weekly for cleansing the ear passages.
One deaf and dumb child is resident at the Royal Deaf and Dumb
School, Margate, and another at St. John's, Boston Spa, Yorkshire.
Physically defective children attend the Vale Road Physically
Defective Centre. 9 children who require residential treatment are
accommodated as follows, namely, at:—
Sir William Treloar's Home Alton 1 child
Heritage Art and Craft School, Chailey 1 ,,
The Warren Home, Lancing, Sussex 1 ,,
Edward VII Memorial Hostel. Bexhill 2 children
St. John's Institution, Buckhurst Hill 2 ,,
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate 1 child
St. John's, Brighton 1 ,,
Higher Grade mentally defective children, for whom your Committee
are responsible, attend Oak Lodge Special School, Finchley. Those who
require institutional education are, when accommodation has been found,
admitted to residential special schools. Thus there are:—
Three children at All Souls' Special School, Hillingdon, and one
child at St. Joseph's, Lambourne, Astwood Bank, near Redditch.
Low-grade defectives are referred to the County Authority.