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BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
The return of exceptional children in the area (Table III,
page 103) indicates under each heading the school children suffering
from blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis,
crippling, or heart disease. It shows the number of children in
each category who are being maintained at Certified Schools,
who attend public elementary schools, etc. The figures, compiled
from the list of exceptional children on the last day of the year,
indicate that 25 children were being maintained at Certified Schools
by the Education Committee.
NURSERY SCHOOLS.
There are nursery classes attached to St. John's and St. Mark's
Schools to which children are admitted before their fourth birthday,
two classes for 30 children being in the former school and one
class for 30 children in the latter. These classes serve their purpose
in an admirable way and are exactly in those localities where they
are most needed. A nursery class is being established at Stanhope
Infants' School, new premises being specially built for the purpose.
The children undergo medical examination in the usual manner
at the routine inspection at the school to which the classes are
attached. To ensure the early examination of all new scholars
the infants' schools are visited twice yearly, following the Easter
and summer vacations, so that it can be assumed that new admissions
to these classes get early medical supervision and treatment.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Routine medical inspection was conducted as usual on behalf
of the Middlesex Education Committee in the four County Schools
in the Borough, there being carried out 773 routine and 47 special
inspections or a total of 820.
Ophthalmic treatment was given during the year to 70 pupils.
In 55 of these cases spectacles were prescribed and supplied through
the school medical service.
The School Dental Surgeon's report on the dental condition of
secondary school pupils is as follows: