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More detailed information about some of these clinics will be
found later in this report.
Handicapped pupils
Handicapped pupils who may need special educational treatment
are referred from many sources. In some cases (e.g. delicate
children or those with physical handicaps) examinations are earned
out by school medical officers and recommendations made by the
Principal School Medical Officer either direct to the Education
Officer or to the Medical Adviser of the Inner London Education
Authority. In other cases (e.g. children who are partially sighted,
blind, deaf or maladjusted) the examinations are carried out by
staff of the Medical Adviser, who makes his recommendations to
the Education Officer.
Children who, because of some handicap or combination of
handicaps, are considered not fit for education at school may be
recommended for home tuition.
The examination of educationally subnormal children is carried
out by specially qualified medical officers in accordance with Sections
34 and 57 (as amended) of the Education Act, 1944. In cases
presenting no special difficulty the examination is carried out
by a medical officer of the Health Department, who makes an
appropriate recommendation to the Education Officer. The
Medical Adviser of the Inner London Education Authority deals
with all appeals against recommendations which may be made for
special educational treatment, and with the placing of children
who are considered to be unsuitable for education at school through
disability of mind, together with any cases presenting special
difficulty.