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Children placed on the observation register at birth can be removed from it at any time at the
discretion of the medical officer. It is usual for most of them to be removed from it by the age of two
years or else transferred to a register of handicapped children if a defect is confirmed. An analysis
of the register of handicapped children under five is shown in the following table:
Analysis of Children on Handicapped Register
On Handicapped Register from 1966 or earlier 118
Transferred from Observation Register during 1967 16
Added to Handicapped Register during 1967 late 42
Total number of cases on Handicapped Register 176
Categories of Handicap
Mental Handicap 85
Cerebral Palsy 9
Congenital Cardiac Defects 12
Blind or Partially Sighted 8
Deaf or Partially Deaf 12
Orthopaedic 27
Miscellaneous Defects 29
Total number of Defects 182
Day Nurseries
The demand for day nursery admission shows no sign of diminishing. The waiting list for the
special categories who are eligible for admission continue to be extensive with a waiting period of at
least 6 months. Short term emergency admission is always arranged.
Babies are not admitted before the age of three months but exceptions need to be made at times,
for the mother of school age or the mother suffering from mental illness.
Prospective student nursery nurses are always encouraged to spend time at one of the nurseries,
usually during school holidays. This arrangement helps them to decide if nursery nursing is a career
they wish to follow.
Requests to work in the day nursery during the long vacation from trainee infant teachers is
becoming a new and welcome feature. This kind of arrangement, when vacancies exist, helps to ease
the strain on the trained nursery staff at a time when colleagues are on annual leave. In addition it
gives opportunities for exchange of knowledge and experience which is of benefit to all concerned.