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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
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On 1st April 1971 the Education (Handicapped Children) Act 1970
came into effect. This Act brought within the educational system those
children who hitherto would have been ascertained as being unsuitable for
education at school, and removed from local health authorities the power
to provide day care and training for them.
The newly built Castle School and Training Centre, including the
Special Care Unit for the severely handicapped together with its staff
was transferred to the Local Education Authority, and was designated a
Special School.
The School Health Service continued to be responsible for the
health and welfare of the children attending the Castle Special School
and in common with the other special schools in the Borough, a school
medical officer attends there weekly.
There are 63 primary schools 12 comprehensive secondary schools
and 3 special schools in the Borough. The Bentry and Castle Special
Schools cater for educationally sub-normal pupils and the Faircross
Special School for delicate and physically handicapped pupils.
A unit for partially hearing pupils is established at Eastbury
Infants' school.
At the end of the year, numbers on roll were as follows
Primary Schools 16,935
Secondary Schools 11,410
Special Schools 370
28.715
PROVISION OF FREE SCHOOL MILK.
As from 1st September 1971 Regulations made under the Education
(Milk) Act, 1971, required local education authorities to provide free
school milk only to certain categories of pupils in their schoolsviz:-
(a) Pupils in Special Schools.
(b) Pupils in other schools up to the end of the summer term next
after their seventh birthday.
(c) Pupils up to the age of 12 years who are certified by the school
medical officer to require free school milk by reason of their health.
By the end of the year three children had been nominated to
receive free school milk and the necessary arrangements were being made.
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT
Pupils who are recommended convalescent treatment on medical advice
are sent away for periods of up to four weeks. 16 cases were recommended
treatment during the year.
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