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SPECIALLY DEFECTIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
These include the blind, deaf, defective and epileptic school
children referred to in Table III.
Four boys and one girl are being maintained by the Local
Education Authority at Certified Schools for the Blind. Five
boys and two girls who are partially blind attend public elementary
schools under supervision.
Two deaf mutes are maintained by the Local Authority at
Certified Schools.
Of forty-three mentally defective children, thirty-three attend
elementary schools, five are maintained at Certified Schools and
five do not attend any school. During the year three boys and
four girls were reported to the Local Control Authority on reaching
16 years of age.
Of epileptic children one attends a Certified School and one
attends a public elementary school.
EMPLOYED CHILDREN.
By arrangement with the Juvenile Employment Bureau the
School Medical Officer reports on the fitness for employment of
children about to leave school and of children employed in accordance
with the Bye-Laws made under the Employment of Children
Act, 1903, as amended by the Education Act, 1918. In such
examinations educational attainments as well as physical condition
are considered.
In the course of routine inspection at the schools 71 children
employed out of school hours were examined. Two were found
to be in such a condition of health that their employment was
prohibited.
Eight boys were examined before being allowed to engage
in street trading.