[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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![(^) Maladjusted Pupils ‘‘that is to say. pupils who show evidence of emotional instability or })syeholonieal disturbance and re- (juire special educational treatment in order to efTeet their personal, social or educational readjustment.” 'riirou^hout the year tiv(‘ children were attending the followiny^ residential schools:- — C’ieely llau^hton Hoai’diu”- School. Stoke-on-'rrent '1 wSt. (ieoro'c's Residential. (doueestei’shiiH' 1 'rhe Kdward Rudoj)h Residential. London S.lv-2 1 St. Anne's Roman Catholic Resichaitial. London. W.IO 1 No eases were ascertained during the year. (h) Physically Handicapped Pupils that is to say. j)upils not sutferino- solch' from a defect of sio-ht or hearin<^ who bv reason of disease or eripplino- defect cannot, without detriment to their health or educational develo))ment. })e satisfactorily {‘dueatc'd under the normal regime of ordinary schools.” Children who are })hysieally handiea])ped are ascertained at an early a<?e and if it is eonsidert'd that their disability makes it inad- visable that they should atttmd an ordinary school they are ad- mitted to a school for })hvsieally handicapped ehildrcai. If there is any doul)t a trial jxTiod at an ordinary school is arran^c'd. \{ the (Mul of the year two children were attc'udin^ residiMitial schools, one of whom was ascertained durin<j the vear followinjr a diaf^nosis of osteo‘X(‘uesis inpxM’feeta. 'Phe C'hildren's ConvaU'seent Honu'A’.School. Wh'st l\irby 1 Hethesda Hospital .School. Cheadle. ('heshire I One other child who was pre\'iously attending' a residential school with partiid j)aralysis of both l(‘y>'s following tuberculous meningitis, was taken fro?n tlu' school by his parent and arrano(‘- ments were made for him to attend an ordinary school where he remained for 1‘2 months. II(‘ was then ascertained as bein^' educa- tionally subnormal and admitted to a day sjx'cial school for educa- tionally subnormal pu}hls. with transj)ort ])ro\ ided daily. 'Plie hetid teacher re})orts that he is now makinjj' satisfactory [)ro^ress. Live children with \'arious physical disabiliti(“s also attend ordinary school and were traus})orted to and from there* by ear. The reasons Ibr providing spe'cial transport were as follows: Partial spasticity 1 Severe* l)e*formit\’ e)f Kne'e* followintr road ae-eide'iil . 1 « * ' Paralysis (pe)st pe)liomyelitis) '.i d’hre'C other e‘hildreu. with the followintr })hvsieal disabilities. ree*eiveel throu<rhout the ye'ar. home' tuition for aj)proximate'ly four he)urs per week: Perthes Dise'ase .... 1 Rheumate)id .\rthritis .... 1 Ostee)<>'enesis Im{)erfee*ta .... 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
