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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLING
After special medical examinations, the examining medical officers recommended that some children
be admitted to special schools which it was felt would be more suitable for them than ordinary schools.
Hospital reports, etc. were often taken into account and recommendations were vetted by the Deputy
Principal School Medical Officer before being passed to the Education Officer's Department.
Recommendations:- ,
Day schools for the delicate 23(11)
Day schools for physically handicapped children 8(10)
Boarding open air schools 6 (2)
After physical medical examinations, vision and hearing tests, other children were examined, under
Section 34 of the Education Act 1944, by specially trained medical officers and recommendations were
approved by a Principal Medical Officer who specialised in this work. Arrangements were made for interpreters
to attend at 39 (35) of these examinations.
Recommendations:-
Day schools for educationally subnormal children 51 (88)
Boarding schools for educationally subnormal children 3 (-)
Continue at ordinary school possibly with extra help in reading, arithmetic, etc. 39 (64)
Home tuition. 10 (5)
Transfers to ordinary school from E.S.N school 32
Leavers' Examination at E.S.N, schools 47
SPECIAL SCHOOLS - SOCIAL WORK
In addition to the casework arising from referrals to Special Investigation Clinics, each full-time
school health social worker is responsible for the social work in a special school or Partially Hearing Unit.
Working in close association with the Education Welfare Department, she is responsible for school attendance
and all aspects of general welfare of the children and their families, also undertaking casework with
pupils and their families as the need arises. During the past year this has involved on-going casework with
some 35 families.
SCHOOL NURSES' INSPECTIONS
Pupils have a comprehensive inspection annually by the school nurse, and where necessary are referred
for further investigation or treatment. 28,168 (24,675) of these comprehensive health surveys were held
during the year.
1.47% (1.27%) were found verminous.
6,336 (10,052) selective health surveys were carried out when necessary and 2.7% (2.0%) were
found verminous.
All infants were given an audiometer test as soon as possible after entry to school.
HEALTH EDUCATION
School nurses carried out health education, usually on an informal basis, during their normal nursing
duties in school. The activities of the Health Education Service in schools is described in the section of this
report on Health Education (Pages 67 to 76.)
REMEDIAL FOOT CLASSES
The Inner London Education Authority continued to employ two part-time organisers of remedial
classes to assist with the arranging and running of simple exercise classes by teachers who had attended a
course organised by the Education Officer at the College of Physical Education.
The head teachers of six schools in the Borough kindly continued to make the necessary arrangements
to enable classes to be held in their schools and teachers there co-operated by volunteering for and carrying
out this work.
Classes were visited by a medical officer at the beginning and end of each term.
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