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Relatively frequent medical examinations take place at the
schools for the handicapped. Specially approved medical officers
examine educationally subnormal children. Although the emphasis
rests upon the educational status of these children, any physical
abnormality is carefully assessed, for the successful treatment of
a physical defect may well enhance the child's prospects of securing
gainful employment after leaving school. Behaviour problems
in children of all ages continue to present difficulties. To
solve a behaviour problem is often an exacting task, demanding
intensive application of medical and educational resources.
Routine general medical inspections during 1969 totalled 17,789
compared with 18,067 in 1968. Of those children inspected,15.7%
were referred for treatment of defects, 7.5% being referred for
treatment of defects other than vision. The corresponding percentages
for 1968 were respectively 14.5 and 7.9.