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and those children found to require dental treatment are invited
to attend the Council's dental clinics or advised to obtain treatment
through the General Dental Service.
In addition to these inspections and treatment facilities,
provision is made for the medical examination of any children
over two years of age who are thought to be in need of special
educational treatment by reason of physical or mental handicap
and admission to a suitable Special School or other appropriate
care arranged as necessary. The Belford Junior Training Centre,
Faringdon Avenue, Romford, is available for the teaching of
mentally handicapped children and the Special Care Unit, Hulse
Avenue, Collier Row, provides for day care of the multiply
handicapped.
Schools
September 1968 saw the opening of two new Primary
Schools — Newtons Infants at Rainham and Pinewood Junior at
Collier Row.
Two co-educational Secondary Schools were formed by
merging Harrowfield Secondary Boys and Girls Schools and
Quarles Secondary Boys and Girls Schools.
The School situation at the end of the year was as follows:-
Primary Schools 82 — 25,925 pupils
Secondary Schools 25 — 15,886 pupils
(including Grammar Schools)
Technical Schools 2 — 1 445 pupils
Schools for Handicapped Pupils 3 — 343 pupils
(E.S.N.)
Total School Population 43,599 pupils
Medical Inspections
10,084 pupils were given a full medical examination during
the year, 1 552 (15.4%) of whom were found to have conditions
(other than dental defects) requiring treatment. Only 3 of the
pupils examined were considered to be in an unsatisfactory physical
condition.
The selective procedure for examination of the intermediate
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