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A Survey of 44 Children Admitted to the Fountain Group Hospital Under the Mental Deficiency Act and Subsequently Accepted as Educable

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

M. F. Craib  and
Mary Woodward
M. F. Craib
Affiliation:
Fountain Hospital, London, S.W.17
Mary Woodward
Affiliation:
Fountain Hospital, London, S.W.17
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Between 1 January, 1948 and 1 July, 1956, forty-one children in the Fountain Group Hospital were accepted as educable by ten Education Authorities and they were transferred to appropriate schools. In addition three children under 5 years were found on admission to be of average intelligence. All forty-four children had been admitted to this hospital of approximately 700 beds for low-grade mentally defective children.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 434 , January 1958 , pp. 115 - 122
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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