In a previous communication it was suggested that about 0-3 per 1,000 children should be in special schools for epileptics (Henderson, 1948). Since, however, many factors have to be considered before a child is recommended for a boarding special school, it was decided to examine all the children in certain representative areas who were known by the School Medical Officers to be epileptic and educable, in order to find out how many were in need of treatment and education in special schools and what effects epilepsy had on children living in the community. The investigation was made in Carlisle, Bolton, York, Derby, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich, Bedford, Luton, Norfolk, East and West Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and part of the Metropolitan area (about one-third of Middlesex and West Ham). These areas had a school population of 355,000, being about 6 per cent, of the school population of England and Wales. Time did not permit a wider enquiry. Children were seen in their own homes, at school clinics, or in their schools. At least one parent was always interviewed. The school medical and educa tional records of every child were examined, and were discussed with the school doctors and, often, with the teachers. Each child was given an intelli gence test (Revised Terman-Merril?Forms L or M) and a detailed history was recorded from the parents.