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A representative from the Dental Board visited various
schools in the Borough and gave " talks " to the children
on oral Hygiene etc., and displayed models and charts.
Dental Board leaflets on the Care of the Teeth are
distributed to all children shortly before they leave school.
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Exceptional children are brought to the notice of the
School Medical Officer by the School Nurses, Health
Visitors and Attendance Officers.
The Teachers are invited to bring any children they
consider defective before the School Medical Officer. If
suffering from a physical defect, they are admitted to the
Special Open-Air Day School if considered unsuitable to
attend an ordinary Public Elementary School.
There is no Special Day School for mentally defective
Children.
There are special classes at Bonner Hill Road Infants
School, where instruction is based upon the Montessori
System, at the Junior Mixed, and Central Girls' and also at
Richmond Road Central Boys' School.
Very backward and feeble minded children in the
Borough are transferred to these special classes on the
recommendation of the School Medical Officer.
There is one feeble minded child at a Certified School
for Mentally Defective Children.
There are two deaf children at Certified Schools for the
Deaf.
There are two partially blind children, one of whom is ,
an in-patient at Hospital, and the other is attending School
while undergoing treatment as an out-patient.