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Physically Defective Children

Volume 103: debated on Thursday 7 March 1918

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asked the President of the Board of Education in how many localities have special schools been provided by local authorities for physically defective children; whether the system has been found to be satisfactory in practice in the places where it has been adopted; and whether he will consider the question of extending the application of this method?

Twenty-five local education authorities have provided special schools for physically defective children. The system has been found satisfactory where adopted, and is certainly capable of useful extension in suitable areas.