[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick County Council.

  • Berwickshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN THE AREA. At Ordinary At Special Schools or At no School or Disability. Schools. Classes. Institution, Total. ].—Blind 2. —Partially sighted ...* 3. —Deaf :— 1 3 4 Grade 1 4 — — 4 Grade 11a 3 — — 3 Grade lib Grade 111 * 1 — — I 4. —Defective Speech ...* 5. —Mentally Defective (Child- dren between 5 and 16 years) (a) Educable (I.Q. approx- imately 50-70) (b) Ineducable (I.Q. gener- ally less than 50)... 7 4 6 17 6. —Epilepsy ... ... ...* 7. —Physically defective (Child- ren between 5 and 16 years) — (a) Non Pulmonary Tuber- culosis (excluding cervical glands) (b) General Orthopaedic ‘ “ 1 conditions ... 177 — — 177 (c) Organic heart disease 8.—Multiple defects ... ...* — — — — * Figures incomplete. SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND CLASSES, INCLUDING OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS. In 1943 three children were receiving education in the school attached to the Royal Blind Asylum. Edinburgh ; one in the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Edinburgh, two in St. Charles, Lanarkshire, and one in the Bridge of Weir Institution. ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. DEFECTIVE VISION. In 1943 152 children were examined by Dr. Flint, the Council’s Ophthalmic Surgeon, and spectacles or drug treatment prescribed as required. Of these, 39 were examined at Berwick-ou-Tweed, 3 at Galashiels, and 2 in Edinburgh.