[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Reading County Borough.

  • Reading (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Reading County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Twenty-two school children were supplied with dentures during the year. One denture only required repair. Thirty-seven children were fitted with orthodontic appliances. They made 517 attendances for observation and adjustments. There were 20 repairs or additions to existing appliances. The number of children who attended the Hygienist during November and December was 213 and 224 scalings were done. This number is in addition to those done by the Dental Officers during the period of January to October. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Methods of Special Education available in Reading The following is a summary of the methods of special education available in Reading:— 1. Delicate Pupils. The Open Air Department of the Avenue School, Northumberland Avenue, has accommodation for 46 pupils up to the age of 16 years. 2. Physically Handicapped Pupils. There is accommodation in the Physically Handicapped Department of the Avenue School for 40 pupils. 3. Educationally Sub-normal Children. There is accom¬ modation at the E.S.N. Department of the Avenue School for 81 pupils up to the age of 16 years. 4. Home Teaching. There are at present two Home Teachers who visit and instruct children in their own homes when they are unable to attend school because of their medical condition. I think it is worthy of special report that the parents of a spastic child have converted a building at their house to which are taken four spastic children who are otherwise unfit for education in an ordinary school. This class is visited by one of the Home Teachers and provides a very interesting and helpful method of dealing with these children. 5. Remedial Teaching. There are two Remedial Teachers who regularly attend the various schools to give instruction in Reading, Writing and Arithmetic to backward and other children who require special instruction in these subjects. 6. A few schools have small classes for backward children.