[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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![Oiu' child was transferred to this Authority from another Aiitliority luwiny previously attended Kxhall Ciranux' Special School for partially-siohted children, the cause of jiartial hlindiu'ss heino- high myopia. She was taken away 1‘rom this school by the paiaads and is now attending a s(‘eondary modern school whei’c she is Ix'ing kept under obsereaition. (e) Deaf Pupils ‘‘that is to say. })Uj)ils who have no hearing or whose hearing is so defective that they reepure education by methods used for deal pupils without naturally ae(pur(‘d s])eeeh or language. 'I'hroughout the year eight children wert' attending the following schools: Xorth Staltordshire Residential School. Stok(‘-on-'ri’ent '2 Longwill Day School for the Deaf. Ihrmingham d Royal School for the Deaf. Hirniingham .*1 Xo child was newl\' ascertained during the vear. (d) Partially Deaf Pupils “that is to say. pupils who have some naturally aecpiired s})eeeh and language but whos(‘ luau'ing is so defective that they recpiire for their education special arrange- ments or facilities though not necessarily all tin* educational methods used foi* deaf jiupils. I'hroughout the year live children w(‘rt“ attemling the following schools: Xeedwood Itesidential School. Staltordshire 1 N'orth Staltordshire Residential School. Stokc'-on-'l'ix'nt 1 Hamilton Lodge. Rrighton . . 1 Longwill Dav .School for the Deaf. Hirmingharn 2 During the vear three children were referred from routine hearing tests for consultant opinion and we»‘e sub^'Ciiuently recommended to have lu'aring aids. They were able to laanain in ordinary schools and given special tuition in th(‘ use of the aid and in lip-reading. (e) Educationally Subnormal Pupils “that is to say. pupils who by reason of limited ability or other conditions lassnlting in educa- tional r(‘tardation re(|uir(' some s|)eeialised b)rm of (“dueation wholly or jiartly in substitution foi’ tlu‘ education normally given in ordinary schools. At the end of the year nine children were attending tlu' following rc'sidential schools, three* of them being asec'rtained during tlu* \'ear. Hesford C'ourt. \\'oreeste“r . 1 St. Francis' Residential School. Hirmingharn 1 'rhingwall Residential School. Liverpool 1 ('rowthorn Residential School. Holton d Two boys left residential school at the end of the* ye'ar on rc'aehing the age of lb vears. One was found suitable employnu'iit and the* other, considered fit for simple employment, was subseeiueidly placed in such employment and also r{‘ferr(*d to tlu* Local Health Authority](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
