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PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
The treatment of these children has been discussed under other
headings.
Class for Stammerers.
Arrangements have been made lo form a class for stammerers,
and the first meeting of the class will be held in January, 1921. Miss
Walshe, one of the Education Committee's teachers, has been given
the opportunity of studying the treatment for stammering children at
the Manchester Education Authority's special classes with a view to
placing this new class under her direction.
The results of treatment will be fully discussed in the report for
1921.
17. NURSERY SCHOOLS.
No Nursery Schools have yet been established in the Borough.
18. SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
In 1920 the pupils of the two Higher Schools of the Education
Committee, the Borough Boys' School and the Borough Girls' School,
were medically inspected for the first time. The examinations did not
begin until September. Later, at the request of the management of
Old Palace Girls' School, the Committee arranged for the provision of
medical inspection at this school. In this case the examinations did
not begin until December.
The examination of the girls was carried out by one of the women
medical officers.
The work was limited to the complete examination of newly
admitted pupils, of pupils aged 12 and 15 years, and of those pupils
likely to leave school before the end of the year. 199 boys and 413
girls were examined at the routine inspections, making a total of 612.
In addition 63 children were re-examined.
A statement of the defects found and treatment carried out is
given in Appendix B.
Information in regard to the treatment of those children
presenting defects was incomplete since it was not possible in
the short time available before the expiration of the year to arrange for
the re inspection of more than 63 of the 612 pupils examined.
]9. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.
There are no Continuation Schools in the Borough.
20. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.
Milk and newspaper deliveries, general errands, hawking and
newspaper selling are the popular forms of employment amongst
children and young persons under 16 years of age, and at present
those with which the school medical service is only concerned