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EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL CHILDREN
The Education Act 1944 makes provision (a) for the statutory examination of children who
may require special educational treatment and (b) as amended by the Mental Health Act 1959 for
the examination of children who are deemed to be unsuitable for education at school, and for
review examinations of such children.
Children examined for these purposes during the year by specially qualified medical
officers numbered 194.
There are three schools in the borough for the education of these children who are
medically examined each year.
VISION
During the year tests were carried out on 10,709 schoolchildren.
HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
The pattern of the health education service this year was slightly changed from the date
of the inclusion on the staff of a trained teacher, and a health visitor who is an experienced
midwife.
Due to the professional experience each one brought to the service it was now possible to
offer teaching sessions with children in some primary schools and in the first year of the
secondary schools, so that discussions held in the final year will now be more profitable due
to the earlier establishment of a relationship with the children. Small discussion groups
have been made possible due to the increase in staff and thus individual questions have
increased and topics have been covered in a manner more closely related to the experience and
interests of the children.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN SCHOOLS
Notification is made by head teachers of pupils absent from school on account of infectious
and other illnesses. Where the notifications from any particular school warrant further
investigation special visits are made and any necessary investigations carried out, including
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