§ Major HILLSasked the President of the Board of Education what progress has been made in the provision of special schools for physically defective and epileptic children under the Education Act, 1918?
§ Mr. FISHEROn 31st July, 1914, the number of special schools for physically defective and epileptic children was 102. At the present moment it is 171. I n addition the Board have under consideration upwards of 60 proposals from local education authorities, and a few from voluntary bodies, for the establishment of special schools, of which the greater number are open-air schools for physically defective children.