[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children Tlie followinjr table sets out the position with regard to tlie institutional or residential treatment of defective cluldren :—• Edu cati oiial I if Eh ys ically Retarded Blind Deaf Epileptic Defective Remaining Dee. 31st, 1950 23 3 fi 3 3 Admitted in 1951 . . 5 2 — — — Discharged in 1951 . . 5 1 — 2 1 Remaining Dec. 31st, 1951 23 -1 6 1 2 The columns relating to blind and deaf children include partially sighted and ])artially hearing children. Educational Retardation.—Twenty eight cases of educational retardation were brought to the notice of the Education Committee during the year. Six of these were later reported to the Mental Health Sub-Committee of the Health Committee as ineducable. Three of the six were placed on the waiting list for admission to Mental Deficiency Institutions under Order on the occurrence of suitable vacancies and the other three were jilaced under Statutory Su]iervision. Of the remainder ^i^'e were apjiroved for admission to special schools ol' whom tAvo were admitted during the year and three remained on the Avaiting list at the end of the year. It may be remembered that there A\ ere six children on the Avaiting list for admission to special schools at the end of 1950. Of these tAvo Avere admitted to residential schools during 1951 and one to the City Day Sjiecial School leaA'ing one still oji the waiting list for a residential school and tAvo i'or the City Day Sjiecial School. With the three ncAv cases put on the Avaiting list in 1951 therefore there Avas a total of six still on the Avaiting list at the end of it. Child Guidance There was a further change in staff duriiAg 1951 as a result of the resignation ol Miss M. Phillips from her post of second psychiatric social Avorker, her place being taken by Miss M. V. Rishop in Decem- ber. Miss Popper avIio had been appointed as temporary psycho- therapist (part time) in the place of Mrs. Sisson Avho became ill at the end of 1950 also remained on the staff for some time after the latter’s return in 1951. During the year there Avere 185 ncAv cases referred to the clinic, an increase of 10 over the figure for 1950. This increase Avas ecpiallv divided bctAveen the City and the rural area. W the end of the year there Avere 4 cases Avhich had not been investigated as compared with 3 at the end of 1950.