[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.
- Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![One boy with handicaps arising from congenital spina bifida, attending at present an ordinary day school with some difficulty, was offered a place at Ysgol Gogarth. His parents, however, at this point were unwilling to accept the offer and he remained at home. Continuing efforts by the teachers, medical officers and welfare officer are being made to try and help the parents realise That this boy's handicaps are such that he will only be able to progress educationally and socially in an environment where there are special facilities to help him. A number of other children with physical handicaps of varying degrees are attending ordinary schools in the County. The teaching staff in the schools concerned are to be thanked for all the consideration and additional help they give these pupils. No children required home tuition during the year. Seven children were recommended for conveyance to school on medical grounds. EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL CHILDREN AND CHILDREN REQUIRING REMEDIAL TEACHING IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS: ‘ These two groups of children form the great majority of handicapped children needing some form of special educational facilities to enable them to make the best of the abilities and progress in both their educational and social development. The number of pupils on the register as being educationally subnormal at the end of the year 1972 was 83. Residential schooling for such pupils is provided for boys at Brynllywarch School, Kerry and for girls at Cyfronydd School. The limited experiment of having day pupils at both schools continued and these pupils have settled in well into the school system. Eoth schools also admit pupils from other counties and-the number of pupils in attendance at December 31st, 1972 is shewn in the table below :- BrynIlywarch Montgo: eryshire Meric neths hire Denbighshire Flintshire Herefordshire Caernarvonshire Radnorshire Anglesey Monmouthshire Newport Breconshire Leicester G1 ar.or g an s hire Cyfronydd 30 (6 day pupils) 5 2 6 5 2 2 2 1 4 2 ]_ 1 Montgomeryshire 11 Merionethshire 2 Denbighshire 1 Flintshire 5 Herefordshire 9 Caernarvonshire 2 Radnorshire 2 Anglesey 3 ( 1 d ay pupil)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28862776_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
