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NURSERY SCHOOLS.
There are no nursery schools in the district. Children under
5 years of age are admitted to the Infants' Departments whenever,
in the opinion of the School Attendance Committee, it is desirable
because the children cannot be properly cared for at home on account
of the mother having to go out to work or on account of some other
circumstance militating against proper care at home during the
ordinary school hours. Very few married women are engaged in
regular employment in the district and consequently there is little
demand for a special nursery school.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Secondary Schools, one for boys and one for girls, have been
provided by the Middlesex Education Committee in Ealing. The
school for girls was opened during the year under review. Medical
inspection is carried out by the Ealing School Medical Department,
but the report on this inspection is submitted to the Middlesex
Education Committee.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
The school enquiry officers report to the school medical department
all children of school age who are blind, deaf, defective or
epileptic and not in attendance at any school; head-teachers similarly
report at once defective children admitted to school and, further,
the staff of the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre pass on the
records of all defective children on reaching the age of five years.
In these ways a fairly complete list of specially defective children
is kept.
Blind and deaf children are promptly dealt with by being sent
to special residential schools. One blind girl and four blind boys
are being maintained by the Local Education Authority at Certified
Schools for the Blind. Six boys and four girls who are considered
partially blind from high myopia attend public elementary schools
under supervision. These myopic children, concerning whom
special instructions are given to the teachers and parents, are
examined by the Oculist at regular intervals.