[Report 1963] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man.

  • Isle of Man. Council.
Date:
1963
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1963] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Partially Sighted Children 14 children in attendance at ordinary schools were noted as partially sighted. Six children of pre-school age were also classed as partially sighted. Supervision of two children with advanced myopia was continued in case their classification should need to be modified. One boy who reached school leaving age during the year was recom- mended for admission to the Disabled Persons Register. After consultation with the Head Teacher of the School for the Blind in Liverpool, it was agreed to withdraw from the waiting list the name of a boy who had been recommended for admission. Deaf Children One boy remained in attendance at the Royal Residential Schools for the Deaf in Manchester. A child under school age who had been in residence at Wainwright House Nursery School and who is now in attendance at a private school in Douglas continued under observation and treatment and arrangements for her re-admission to the school in Manchester are under consideration. Partially Hearing Children One boy in attendance at a residential school for backward deaf boys in Yorkshire left school at the end of the year. He was recommended for admission to the Disabled Persons Register and was expected to obtain employment on his return to the Island. Three children were provided with hearing aids during the year and eight others, four of whom had previously been supplied with hearing aids, were registered as partially deaf. All were able to attend ordinary schools and were well able to cope with normal education. Two of these children left school in 1963. Epileptics 23 children attending ordinary schools were known to suffer from epilepsy. One of these children left school during the year. Two children of pre-school age were noted as suffering from epilepsy. Mentally Handicapped Children 18 children classified as severely sub-normal were considered unfitted for education in school. Some of these children are handicapped physically as well as mentally. Six children more suitable for training than for education attended ordinary schools. The name of one of these children was removed from the school register at the end of the year.