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severely affected that he was unable to attend an ordinary elementary
school and was maintained at a Special School and one was
kept at home.
The list of crippled children of school age is practically a
complete one and is compiled from information received from the
health visitors, who transfer to the school medical department
records of such children as attain five years of age, from
the teachers, the school nurses, and the school enquiry officers,
all of whom immediately supply particulars regarding crippled
children whom they find in the course of their duties.
Each crippled child newly admitted to school is examined at
the earliest possible opportunity and all crippled children are
examined at least once a year to determine their exact condition,
or to estimate their progress and put them forward for any treatment
required under the Committee's Orthopaedic Scheme.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Through the returns of non-notifiable infectious disease,
supplied at the end of each week by the head-teachers, it was
ascertained that during the year the numbers of children absent
from school on account of these diseases were as follows:—
Measles 38
Whooping Cough 280
Chicken Pox 643
Mumps 88
On no occasion was it found necessary to give a certificate
under Schedule IV, Rule 23, of the Code.