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(c) Mentally Defective.
Twelve mentally defective children from Wood Green were
attending the Joint Special School for Mental Defectives at Finchley.
Many of these children are high-grade defectives who may be expected
to do very well. The school is visited and the children examined
by the School Medical Officer at regular intervals. Two children
classed as mentally defective were attending ordinary elementary
schools, and three others were not attending any school. For this
type of child and for older mental defectives from Wood Green
and neighbouring districts, the Occupation Centre at Shropshire
Hall in Gladstone Avenue performs a useful service in providing
occupation during the day. The mental defectives attending the
Occupation Centre are medically inspected twice a year, and treatment
for dental defects and minor ailments is provided at the School
Clinic.
(d) Epileptics.
Three children suffering from epilepsy are on the special register.
None of these are so seriously affected as to necessitate exclusion
from an ordinary school.
XV.—NURSERY SCHOOLS.
There is no Nursery School in Wood Green, but classes for
children under school age are held in two of the Infant Departments.
In the absence of a proper Nursery School, these classes meet a
definite need in providing a healthy environment during the day
for young children whose home circumstances are not altogether
satisfactory.
XVI.—SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
By arrangement between the Middlesex County and Wood
Green Education Authorities, the routine and special medical
inspections of the pupils attending the two Secondary Schools in
Wood Green are carried out by Dr. Miller and myself. Defects
found at medical inspection are reported to the parents, who make
their own arrangements for treatment. In the case of dental defects
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