[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.
- Essex County Council
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The school plays a very important part in helping to rehabilitate those pupils who, through various physical defects, cannot participate in the ordinary school curriculum, and one cannot stress too highly the urgency for providing a similar school to cater for the needs of the children in the Hornchurch and Brentwood areas. (c) Barking Faircross Special School for Educationally Sub-Normal, Physically Handicapped and Delicate Children. Dr. C. Leonard Williams, Borough School Medical Officer, reports that this school continues to progress and the welfare of the children is under constant surveillance by the medical staff. The numbers admitted and discharged during the year were 43 and 30 respectively. (d) Ilford Benton Special Open Air School. During the year 32 children were admitted, 33 ceased attendance and 83 were on the school roll on the 31st December, 1947. (e) Leyton Knotts Green Special School for Educationally Sub-Normal Pupils. Admissions 18, discharges G. (f) Leyton Knotts Green School for Physically Handicapped Pupils. Admissions 32, discharges 27. (g) Walthamstow Special School for the Blind and Partially Sighted. At the end of the year there was one blind girl, one blind boy and 40 (19 boys and 21 girls) partially sighted children in attendance. Five children left, three having been decertified and returned to an ordinary elementary school, one girl is learning to make suitcases, and one boy is learning french polishing. (h) Walthamstow William Morris Special School for Deaf. In December, 1947, there were 17 children on the roll between the ages of 3 and 11 years. During the year one child was admitted in March who proved unsuitable for this school, a boy of 6 years was admitted in September, a girl of 6 years in December. All were totally deaf. A boy of 16 years left in October to work as an engraver and is doing well. Hearing aids are used whenever they are of benefit. (i) Walthamstow Hale End Open Air School. At the end of the year there were 70 children in attendance, classified as follows :— Orthopaedic 17 ; Debilitated 29 ; Cardiac 4 ; Asthma 22. (]) Walthamstow Special School (Shernhall Street) for Educationally Sub-Normal Children. During the year the school averaged 54 on roll, including 34 boys and 20 girls. One boy and one girl reached the age of 16 years and both proceeded to gainful employment in local factories. One boy was excluded as ineducable. (k) Colchester Special School for Educationally Sub-N ormal Children. The average attendance during the year was 20. Five children were admitted and four discharged, and there were 26 on the roll at the end of the year. (2) Residential. Children are sent to various residential special schools in the country as vacancies occur. The principal schools are the East Anglian School for Blind and Deaf, Gorleston, and the Royal Eastern Counties Institution Special School for](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29195299_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
