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Owing to additional accommodation having become available at
this School, application was made to the Board of Education to increase
the number of school places to 96, and by the end of the year the Board's
assent to this proposal had been received. The accommodation now
provided allows for the attendance at a special school of all the children
whose physical condition renders undesirable their retention at an ordinary
elementary school.
At the end of the year delicate children requiring residential treatment
were accommodated as follows:—
Suntrap Residential Open-Air School, Hayling Island 38
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate 2
St. John's Institution, Woodford 1
St. John's, Brighton 1
Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital 1
Lord Mayor Treloar's Cripple Hospital, Alton 2
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 6
St. Dominic's School 2
The Heart Hospital, Lancing, Sussex 4
Total 57
All Tottenham children resident in institutions are periodically
visited and examined by the School Medical Officer with a view to
ascertaining their progress. In the case of mentally defective children
approaching the age of 16 years special attention is given to their
possible need for further supervision and training under the County
Council's Scheme.
special schools.
The following is a review of the arrangements made for the supervision
and care of children in Special Schools, information for which
has been supplied generally by the Head Teachers:—