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for her to profit by instruction in an ordinary elementary school.
This child is in attendance at the Partially Sighted School in Lordship
Lane.
This school provides accommodation not only for Wood Green
children, but for children from other education authorities. The
total number of children attending at the end of the year was
twenty-eight. Of these, one only belonged to Wood Green, thirteen
to Tottenham, five to Edmonton, four to Enfield, two each to
Hornsey and Middlesex, and one to Finchley. A mid-day meal is
provided at the school for children unable to go home.
(b) Deaf.
There are four children on the register who are so deaf as not
to be able to profit from instruction at an ordinary elementary school.
These children attend the Tottenham School for the Deaf.
(c) Mentally Defective.
Twelve mentally defective children from Wood Green are
attending the Joint Special School for Mental Defectives at Finchley.
Several of these are high-grade defectives who may be expected to
do very well, and I am glad to say that many of the children who
have attended this school in the past have benefited so much by
the instruction given there that they have been able to earn their
own living afterwards. The school is visited and the children
examined by the School Medical Officer at regular intervals. One
child who is really mentally defective was attending an ordinary
school, and four others were not attending any school. For this
type of child, as well as for older mental defectives from Wood
Green and surrounding districts, the Occupation Centre at Shropshire
Hall, in Gladstone Avenue, performs a useful service in
providing occupation during the day. The mental defectives
attending this 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, but not in such a severe
form as to interfere with their education, were in attendance at
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