View report page

137
ment (8 being notified during the present year), 15 are at home,
and 1 is attending a public elementary school.
(3) Feeble-minded Children.—Feeble-minded children are
those whose mental defectiveness does not amount to imbecility,
yet is so pronounced that they are incapable of receiving proper
benefit from instruction in an ordinary school. The Authority
responsible for the proper instruction of these children is the
Ilford Education Authority. There are (at the end of 1928) 68
such cases under the age of 16 years known to me, of whom 38
are attending public elementary schools in the district, 2 are
attending private schools, 9 are in residential schools, and 19 are
not at school.
All mentally defective children are visited at home by the
School Nurses at least once a quarter.
It will be seen that there are 59 educable mentally defective
children from the Ilford elementary schools, for whom education
at a special school is required and for whom none has yet been
provided.
In addition to these, there are 9 mentally defective (feebleminded)
children under the age of 16 years at Mossford School
(Dr. Barnardo's Girls' Village Home).
At the present time, therefore, there is a total of 68 educable
mentally defective children for whom special school provision is
required.
18. 19, 20. Nursery Schools, Secondary and Continuation
Schools.—Vide Annual Report, 1920. *
21. Employment of School Children and Young Persons.
—From special enquiries made at the various schools during the
latter end of 1928 it was found that 151 children were employed
out of school hours. 2 children were submitted to me for medical
examination under Section III, paragraph 4, of the Byelaws
under the Provisions of Employment of Children Act, 1903, with
the following result:—
Medically fit 2