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appliances, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children in securing proper home supervision by the parents
in the rare cases of neglect which are encountered, and the School
Attendance Aid Committee by whom boots are supplied where the
parents are in necessitous circumstances.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Any specially defective children in school must be reported
by the Head-teachers to the School Medical Officer at the earliest
practicable opportunity, and those at home, of school age, have to
be reported in a similar manner by the School Enquiry Officers.
In this way an accurate list of such children is available and is
of value in keeping them under supervision. All these children
are examined at least once a year except when they are in Special
Residential Schools.
The number of blind, deaf, defective and epileptic school
children are indicated in Table III. Three blind boys and one
blind girl are being maintained by the Local Education Authority
at Certified Schools for the Blind. Four boys and two girls who
are partially blind attend public elementary schools under
supervision.
Five deaf mutes are maintained by the Education Authority
at Certified Schools. One at the end of the year was awaiting
admission.
Of 39 mentally defective children, 31 attend elementary
schools, three are maintained at Certified Schools and five do
not attend any school. During the year three boys and three
girls, on attaining 16 years of age, were reported for supervision
to the Local Control Authority.
Two epileptic children have come under observation, one
attends a Certified School and one mild case attends a public
elementary school.