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The Attendance Officers also inform the School
Medical Officer of any children in their districts who
are suspected to be physically or mentally defective and
thus give valuable assistance in drawing attention to
children who might otherwise escape medical supervision.
Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies.
During the year the Children's Care Committee sent
66 children to Heme Bay for a period of one week, and
in 15 cases assistance was granted in the purchase of
spectacles.
Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children.
(a) During the year the register of defective children
has been revised and brought up to date. Head
Teachers and Attendance Officers and Health Visitors
were requested to notify the School Medical Officer of
all children whom they suspected to be physically or
mentally defective, and all these children were examined
and classified. The names of several children have been
removed from the register as they were found to be
suffering from defects which did not require treatment
and were not sufficiently serious to prevent the children
from deriving adequate benefit from education in a
public elementary school.
It is reasonably certain that practically every defective
child in the area is known to the School Medical
Officer.
The Education Committee have agreed to be responsible
for the maintenance in the Royal Orthopaedic
Hospital of any cripple children recommended for admission
by the School Medical Officer. So far no arrangement
has been made for the treatment of these children
by massage or electricity after their discharge from
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