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Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies.
During the year the Children's Care Committee sent 67
children to Heme Bay for a period of one week, and in 20
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 brought up to date. Head Teachers and Attendance
Officers and Health Visitors are requested to notify the
School Medical Officer of all children whom they suspect to
be physically or mentally defective, and all these children are
examined and classified.
The Education Committee are 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 hospital, but such treatment is usually
obtained by the parents from a local masseuse. The number
of children found to be in need of treatment is very
small, and the steps taken by the Committee to deal with
them are considered to be adequate.
No difficulty has been experienced in placing blind, deaf
and epileptic children in certified special schools.
Thirteen mentally defective children were in attendance
at the Joint Special School situated within the area at the
end of the year.
(b) There is only one feeble-minded child not in
attendance at the Special School, and this is supervised by
the School Medical Officer and the Attendance Officers. The
statutory cases are supervised by the Middlesex Countv
Council.
(c) The Education Authority has no Special Schools.
When feeble-minded children leave the Joint Special School
at the age of 16 they are taken over by the County Council,
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