[Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.

  • Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The facilities for the various categories of handicapped pupils vary greatly. Whereas, there is a reasonable prospect of providing appropriate education for the blind and deaf, it is more difficult to place the educationally sub-normal, and almost impossible to obtain a vacancy at a school for physically handicapped children. As has previously been stated, there is but scant provision for these groups in Denbighshire. A Day Special School for educationally sub- normal children, with accommodation for 20 pupils, is situated in Wrexham, and an independent School at Ruthin with resi- dential accommodation for eight educationally sub-normal children. The latter is assisted by the L.E.A. under Section 9 of the Education Act, 1944. There are no other facilities for handicapped children of any land in the County, and the majority of handicapped pupils have, therefore, to be found accommodation outside Denbighshire. Blind and Partially' Sighted. During 1952 only one blind child was reported as needing education at a Special School; a vacancy for another was obtained, and at the end of the year there remained only one on the waiting list for a School for the Blind. Fortun- ately, blindness does not afflict many children, and when it does, the attention of the School Health Service is drawn to such children at an early age. On rare occasions children attending school become blind, usually as a result of some misfortune. Liverpool and Manchester Blind Schools nor- mally acce])t blind children from this County. No partially sighted children were ascertained during the year, and none were placed in schools. One pupil remained at the end of the year requiring a place in a Special School. The School for Partially Sighted Children, Fulwood, Preston, usually admit, when a vacancy is available, child- ren from Denbighshire. Deaf and Partially Deaf. Three deaf children and one partially deaf child were ascertainerl during the year. One partially deaf child was admitted to the Llandrindod Wells Special School, but his hearing improved sufficiently that, with the help of a hearing aid and by favourably positioning him at the front of the class he was able to return to an ordinary school.