[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Tlu* most ravoiira})Ie results are. ol'eourse. to })e obtained by the ('arly aseertainment and institution of a))])ropriate treatment. This es])eeially applies when the (*anse of the defeet is eon^enital or present at birth, and the health visitors are fully aware of the im- j)ortanee of sueh children being ascertained at the earliest age. A proportion of mildly handicapped eliildren are still found at the first periodic medical ins])eetion either ])reviously unrecognised or as eases where parents have failed to take advantage of the medical services available. Others are referred by head teachers for medical opinion shortly after school entrance, nandieapf)ed (*hildren are seen on every visit to the school by the medical ollicer and. in addition, at clinics when considered neces- sary. In all eases of handicap it is necessary that experienced oftic'ers should examine the child before a final decision is made. Children Unsuitable for Education at School A few of these children are so severely sid)normal that school attendance is never considered but the majority enter an infants’ school for a trial period and are kept under observation. Only when it is ap})arent to parent, teacher and examining medical officer that the child is unsuitable for education at school is exclusion recom- mended. During the year ten children (one aged 4, one aged 5, three aged 7. two aged 8. two aged 9 and one aged 11) were referred to the Local Health Authority as being unsuitable for education at school. Two of these children (one aged 7 and one aged 11) never at- tended school but had received home tuition and two (one aged 8 and one aged 9) were found to be unsuitable for education at school whilst attending Sutton Day S])eeial School for educationally sub- normal pupils. (a) Blind Pupils ' that is to say. })upils who have no sight or whose sight is or is likely to become so defective that they require education bv methods not involving the use of sight. C’hildren found to be blind are admitted to a residential special school. Throughout the year two children were attending the fol- lowing schools;— Henshaw’s Residential School for the Blind. Manchester 1 Londover Residential School for the Blind. Kettering. .. 1 During the year one boy aged 2 years was ascertained, the cause of blindness being rctrolental fibroplasia and an ap})lication was sub- mitted for his admission to one of the Sunshine Homes for Blind Babies. He was still awaiting a vacancy at the end of the year. (b) Partially Sighted Pupils “ that is to say, pupils who by reason of defective vision cannot follow the normal regime of ordinary schools without detriment to their siglit or to their educational develo|)ment, but can be edu(*ated by special methods involving the use of sight, No child was ascertained during the year for admission to a special school for the partially sighted.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
