[Report 1955] / School Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Divisional Executive.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council (Scarborough Divisional Executive)
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / School Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Divisional Executive. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ascertained during 1955. One child received home tuition and 7 children were in special schools at some time during the year, as follows :— School Boys Girls Barclay School for Partially Sighted Girls, Sunninghill — 1 Exhall Grange Special School, Coventry 3 3 Total 3 4 Deaf Children. At the end of the year 38 children were on the register of deaf pupils. Of these children who require educational methods used for deaf pupils without naturally acquired speech, 36 were placed in suitable schools in December, 1955, (17 day, 19 boarding) and 2 were awaiting places. Five boys and two girls were newly ascertained during the year. In all, 41 children were accommodated in special schools in 1955 as below :— School Boys Girls Northern Counties School, Newcastle 1 2 Yorkshire School for the Deaf, Doncaster 3 10 St. John’s Institution, Boston Spa — 1 Middlesbrough Day School for the Deaf 10 10 Lawns House School, Leeds 1 — Mary Hare Grammar School, Newbury 2 - Royal School for the Deaf, Birmingham 1 — Total 18 23 One boy who was found to suffer from the double defect of deafness and serious educational subnormality was placed at Bridge House School, Ha re wood. Partially Deaf Children. Places were found for a]l twelve children ascertained as partially deaf and on the registers in December, 1955. A thirteenth child included in the following list reached school-leaving age during the year :— School Boys Girls Yorkshire School for the Deaf, Doncaster 4 — St. John’s Institution, Boston Spa 1 — Middlesbrough Day School for the Deaf 9 JmJ 2 Royal Residential School for the Deaf, Manchester — 2 Liverpool School for the Partially Deaf, Southport 1 - Lawns House School, Leeds 1 —