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progress so far. One 4 year old girl was admitted to the Woodford School
for the Deaf, 2 severely deaf children age 4 and 5 entered the William
Morris School for the Deaf, one 3 year old girl and a 15 year old immigrant
boy were accepted by the Newham School for the Deaf, and a profoundly
deaf 5 year old was transferred to the Margate School from a
hearing infants school where he spent a short period while placement
was being found for him. A 6 year old boy, previously placed in the
Junior Training Centre, has been admitted to the Royal Eastern Counties
Hospital as a long term patient.
A junior and 2 senior pupils who have removed from the borough
have been referred for help to the peripatetic teachers in the areas where
they are now living.
A 13 year old boy has been admitted to our Remedial Centre from
the William Morris School for the Deaf.
During the year deafness has been diagnosed in 4 junior and 5 senior
children in attendance at ordinary schools, and hearing aids have been
issued.
Many children on our visiting list are deriving benefit from commercial
hearing aids purchased for them by the Education Authority, and
two speech training units are on loan to parents of pre-school children.
A loop induction system has been installed at the Ley Street Day
Nursery for the benefit of the partially hearing pre-school children who
are admitted there for their social needs. I would like to express my
gratitude to the matron and staff at this nursery for the help and support
which they have continued to give us in our work with young deaf
children and their parents.
May I also thank the Health Department for their continued cooperation
and important contribution to the development of the peripatetic
services.
Handicapped
Children
The number of children coming within the various categories and
their disposition as on 31st December, 1968 is shown in the table at the
end (Appendix 19).