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attend the special classes during the remainder of the week, when
up to five sessions may be required, depending upon the nature
and severity of the behaviour problem. As the classes are small,
the child has the maximal opportunity of receiving benefit from
the tuition.
Schools for the educationally subnormal are as follows : —
Meadway (primary and secondary) with 200 pupils. The building
is modem and was built on the site of a school which was
formerly attended by physically handicapped children.
Shillington (secondary) with 262 pupils.
Wyclifje (secondary) with 106 pupils. This school is at present
in temporary accommodation pending rebuilding.
At these special schools, the importance of social training is
emphasized. The scope of education has been broadened to stimulate
and maintain the children's interest in the daily activities of
the community and to prepare them to take their place as citizens
and to find employment appropriate to their abilities when the time
comes for them to leave school.
Deaf Register. At the end of the year there were 271 names on
the deaf register, 66 of which were new cases notified during 1966.
School Nursing Service
This service is staffed by health visitors and school nurses
assisted by clinic nurses. Experience has proved that the nursing
staff can make a considerable contribution to the smooth running
of infants' schools where, in particular, the health visitor's knowledge
of the family background is most valuable. The health
visitor also contributes towards promoting health education in
senior schools and co-ordinates the work of the team in this direction.
All the staff work in close co-operation with the teaching
staff, the School Care Committee and the Health Department
Social Workers.
B.C.G. vaccination of schoolchildren
In the autumn and spring terms the annual arrangements were
made to vaccinate children against tuberculosis, with B.C.G.
(Bacillus Calmette-Guerin). Children selected for this protective
measure were aged 13 years, and the following table summarizes
the results :—
(a) Number of eligible children 4,067
(b) Number of consents received 3,440
(c) Number of consents received for alleged
contacts of known cases of tuberculosis
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(d) Number of children skin-tested and read 3,100