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CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL PRACTITIONERS.
The co-operation of the general practitioners of Enfield has been
sought and maintained throughout the year. In 263 instances
parents were advised to obtain advice from their own doctors ;
only those cases which are too trivial to need the advice of the
general practitioner are treated at the minor ailment clinic. The
thanks of the school medical service are due to the doctors of Enfield
for their whole-hearted co-operation throughout the year.
BLIND, DEAF, EPILEPTIC, AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE
CHILDREN.
There is no special school for the blind in this area, and children
suffering from vision so defective that they are unable to be taught
in an ordinary elementary school are educated either at a special
school in Wood Green or at a residential school for the blind. There
are seven such children in Enfield, and they are educated as follows:
3 girls attending residential schools for the blind.
4 girls attending Wood Green School for the Partially
Blind.
Deaf and Deaf-mutes.— These children attend the Tottenham
(Philip Lane) School for the Deaf. At the end of 1935, 12 children
were attending; 3 deaf-mutes, 7 suffering from acquired deafness,
and 2 suffering from motor aphasia.
Mentally Defective Children.— Twenty-one children were
examined under the Mental Deficiency Act (1913) during 1935.