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children are receiving institutional treatment, one at the L.C.C. Deaf
School, Anerley, and the other at the East Anglian Deaf School, Yarmouth
Physically defective children attend the Vale Road Physically
Defective Centre. Children who require residential treatment are
accommodated as follows, namely, at:—
West Wickham Heart School 4 children
Heart Hospital School, Lancing 4 „
St. John's Institution, Woodford 2
Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital 1 child
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton 1 „
Edgar Lee Heart Hospital 1 „
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate 1 „
St. John's, Brighton 1 „
Mentally defective children ascertained at the School Medical Officers'
examination have been accommodated as follows:—
Oak Lodge Special Day School, Finchley 49 children
All Soul's Special School, Hillingdon 2 „
St. Joseph's, Lambourne, Astwood Bank, near
Redditch 1 child
Low grade defectives are referred to the County Authority.
For epilepsy, one girl is receiving institutional treatment at Lingfield
Home and School, and two boys are waiting for suitable accommodation.
Tottenham children resident in outlying Institutions are periodically
visited by the School Medical Officer and as they approach the age of 16
are specially examined with a view of ascertaining whether they require
further supervision and training under the County Council's Scheme.
High grade mentally defective children are not excluded from school,
so long as they are well behaved, until a place in a suitable special school
is found for them.
If it appears probable that a child will, on reaching the age of 7 years,
become notifiable to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency
Act, information is sent as soon as the facts are known so that the Officer
appointed under that Act may have knowledge of probable further claims
upon his attention.