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MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
As in previous years, many children whose educational
progress was retarded, were referred by the Teacher for
mental grading. Certain of these were found to be of such
a low mental calibre as to be ineducable in a public elementary
school and these were admitted to the Special School for
Educable Mentally Defective Children, Oak Lodge, Finchley,
or notified to the County as being ineducable. A number were
continued at the public elementary schools but in a class
suitable to the mentality of the particular child.
At the end of the year 30 feeble minded children from
this area were in attendance at the Special School at Finchley.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Medical and Dental Inspections of pupils attending
Secondary Schools in the area is undertaken on behalf of the
Middlesex Education Committee, and ophthalmic and dental
treatment given. Particulars of the work carried out will be
found in the statistical tables for Secondary Schools at the
end of this Report.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
In accordance with the Rye-Laws made by the Council,
all children are medically examined to ascertain whether or
not the proposed employment will be prejudicial to their
health or physical condition or to their educational progress.
In compliance with this, the following Table gives particulars
of children who have been examined:—

All employed children are examined once a year to ensure
that the conditions of employment have no retrograde effect
on the child's health.