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where the loss is sl ight. There are no special schools for this defect in the borough,
children having to go to school either in Hackney, Islington, Camden or Wandsworth.
EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL CHILDREN
From the 1st April 1971, under the Education (Handicapped Children) Act 1970,
the provision for notifying a child as unsuitable for education at school ceased,
and theprovis ions of Section 34 of the Education Act 1944 regarding special educational
treatment apply to such children.
The Education Act 1944 makes provision for the statutory examination of chi1dren
who may require special educational treatment and for review examinations of such
children.
Children examined for these purposes during the year by specially qualified
medical officers numbered 163.
There are four schools in the borough for the education of these children who
are medically examined each year.
HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Continued liaison with schools is giving good results. Teaching staff show
more interest in the work of the Health Department and appreciate the need for health
education
Health education sessions held at schools numbered 293 during the year, attended
by 5,422.
EDUCATION (MILK) ACT 1971
This Act of Parliament restricted, from the commencement of the autumn term,
Education Authorities from providing school milk other than to children under 7 years
of age, children attending special schools and children in primary schools for whom the
school medical officer certified that such provision was necessary on medical grounds.
Following the adoption of a resolution by this Council that expenditure be
incurred under the provisions of section 6 of the Local Government (Financial
Provision) Act 1963 for the provision of free milk to schoolchildren resident in the
borough in the age group 7 to 11 years, these children continue to receive school
milk hitherto provided by the Inner London Education Authority.
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE
There are 8 dental clinics in the borough providing dental suites with a total
of 13 surgeries, one surgery being used exclusively for orthodontics. All premises
are provided with up-to-date equipment.