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I propose to redraft the existing "Regulations for the Exclusion of
Children from School " in such manner as to interfere as little as possible
with school attendance while safeguarding against the conveyance of infection
in accordance with modern ideas regarding epidemiology.
As far as I know, there is no area in the country where school exclusion
has been dispensed with to such an extent so far; but, after giving the
matter serious consideration from all poits of view, I am convinced that
such action has much to commend it both from a public health and from
an educational point of view.
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Mentally Defective Children:
Statutory Medical Examinations.
During the year, Some 69 children were referred for statutory
medical examination.
As the result of examination these 69 children were classified
as follows:—
Notified to the Local Control Authority under M.D. Acts:—
Idiots 0
Imbeciles 5
Moral defectives 0
On attaining 16 years of age—for supervision under
the M.D. (Notification of Children) Regulations
7
Certified to Local Education Authority as feebleminded
17
Remained under certificate 7
Certificate withdrawn 3
Dull and backward 20
Backward 3
Borderline cases—-to be re-assessed in six months 7
No appreciable mental defect 0
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