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Summary of Children Unfit for Education within the School
System at the end of 1948 :—
At Residential Institution 8
At Special Day School 1(1)
At Occupation Centre 21(3)
At Ordinary School 1
At no School or Institution 21(1)
Total 52(5)
Figures in brackets indicate number over 15 years of age.
Employment of School Children and Young Persons.— From special
inquiries made at the various schools during 1948 it was found that 101
children were employed out of school hours. 16 children were submitted for
medical examination in accordance with the Byelaws made under Part II
of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, with the following result :—
Medically fit 16
Employment of Children in Entertainments Provisional Amending
Rules, 1945.—6 Certificates were granted during the year.
Examination of Officers, etc.—The undermentioned teachers and
other officers were medically examined and reported upon during the year :—
Newly-appointed Teachers 2
Newly-appointed Staff 32
Staff Sickness Regulations 1
Total 35
Camp Schools.
The Elmbridge Camp School at Cranleigh, Surrey, and Kennylands Camp
School at Kidmore End, near Reading, were taken over entirely by the Essex
Education Committee on the 1st April, 1948.
Admissions and re-admissions of Ilford School Children to these two
Camp Schools and the Hydon Heath Camp, are medically examined by the
Assistant Medical Officers prior to entry.

*Excludes Meningococcal infections.