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The central and subsidiary minor ailment clinics continued
to provide useful services. Attendances diminished because whenever
possible sessions were reduced for the staff to be released
for inspection duties. These economies did not reduce efficiency,
as treatment facilities available through the National Health
Service were used as required.
In the ascertainment of handicapped pupils, particular
attention was given to the detection and treatment of deafness at
the earliest possible age. This necessitated the transport of
young children to and from the London area, because the
numbers concerned are too small for adequate local facilities.
For educationally sub-normal children the additional classrooms
recently built have made accommodation at the special day school
reasonably sufficient. Improved facilities for physiotherapy
treatment at the Day School for Physically Handicapped
Children were approved and the building adaptations have
commenced.
The Principal School Dental Officer deals with the details of
the School Dental Service, and the position that a new Surgery
could be recommended marks a welcomed change from reports
of former years.
My thanks are due to the staff of the department for the
manner in which the challenge of record numbers was met and
to the members of the Education Committee, who despite the
heavy burden of meeting the general educational needs, continued
to encourage the development of the School Health Service.