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SPECIAL SCHOOL
The School for Educationally Sub-normal Children was open
for the whole of 1953 and at the end of the year 40 Children were
on the roll. During the year 9 new cases were admitted.
TUBERCULOSIS—SPECIAL SURVEYS
During the Autumn term of 1953 it was decided to Tuberculin
patch test the new entrants into Infant schools. In the first place
it was done in two schools only with a view to making this a
regular practice in all infant schools in the Borough. 106 children
were included in this group, of which two, 1.87%, showed a positive
result. Both children were referred to the Ealing Chest Clinic for
further investigations. One child developed later a primary
complex. The other child showed a normal X-ray of the chest.
A special survey was carried out on children in one of the
Secondary Modern Schools who had been in contact with a teacher
who developed pulmonary T.B. 202 children were involved, of
these 157 were negative, 30 had a positive reaction and 15 were
not tested for various reasons. The figure of 30 positive was
within the normal limit of positive results in the age group and
therefore, in consultation with the Chest Physician, no further steps
were taken.