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To the Tottenham Deanery Council for Moral Welfare we have
been indebted for assistance from their representative in dealing
with children whose moral welfare has required special consideration,
and to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children for the assistance of the local representative, Inspector
Martin, in dealing with several very troublesome cases where parents
have been neglectful to obtain necessary treatment for their children.
I am very grateful to the officers of both these organisations for
their assistance, which is readily available at all times.
I am also very grateful to the Palmers Green Samaritan Society,
who have allowed us to send children to their Holiday Home at
Shoeburyness on very generous terms.
(d) Juvenile Employment Bureau.
The school medical records of all children reaching schoolleaving
age are handed on to the Juvenile Employment Bureau as
soon as the children leave school. These records are carefully
examined before being handed over and a note made on them for
the guidance of the Bureau in all cases where unsuitability for
any particular type of work is indicated.
XIII.—BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC
CHILDREN.
A register is kept of all defective children in the district, and
every effort is made to keep this register as accurate as possible.
It is based very largely on the results of the routine and special
medical inspections, but there are always a number of defective
children who are unable to attend school, and for information
about these children we are indebted to School Welfare Officers,
School Nurses, Health Visitors and others. All defective children
are kept under supervision and seen by the School Medical Officer
at regular intervals. Where the defect is such that a special school
is indicated, the necessary steps are taken to secure this provision.
(a) Blind.
There are no blind children of school age in Wood Green, and
only one child whose eyesight is so defective as to make it difficult
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