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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
One hundred and forty preliminary and 19 statutory notices,
under the powers given in the Education Act, 1921, relating to
verminous elementary school children, were sent to parents
during 1925. Fifteen children were compulsorily cleansed. In
8 cases notices were served on parents under Section 12 of the
Children Act, 1908, for failure to provide adequate medical
treatment for their children. In all cases the notices were
complied with. No proceedings in Court had to be taken.
GENERAL.
There are no nursery schools and no continuation schools in
the Borough.
The secondary school children are inspected by medical
practitioners working under the direction of the Hornsey School
Medical Officer, who is specially appointed by the Middlesex
Education Committee for this purpose. This work, though
quite separate from, is carried out in close co-operation with the
elementary school medical service.
Employment of children of school age is limited in Hornsey
to children over the age of 13 years, and the hours during which
employment may be followed are so restricted by by-laws that
no harm is likely to result to the children concerned.