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responsible for the proper instruction of these children is the
Local Education Authority. There are (at the end of 1925) 48
such cases under the age of 16 years known to me, of whom 33
are attending public elementary schools in the district, 1 is attending
a private school, 8 are in a residential school, and 6 are not
at school.
1 case, not included in these figures, resident at the Girls'
Village Home, Barkingside, was examined and certified as
mentally defective (feeble-minded), for notification to the Pontefract
Education Authority.
1 case, included in paragraph (2) above, resident in the Royal
Eastern Counties' Institution, Colchester, has proved to be ineducable,
and has accordingly been notified to the Essex County
Council.
All mentally defective children are visited at home by the
School Nurses at least once a quarter.
It will be seen that there are 39 children for whom special
education is required and for whom none has been provided.
The Special School Provision Sub-Committee at its meeting
held on the 16th February, 1925, received Board of Education
Circular No. 1349, " Special Schools for Defective Children":—
(1) calling attention to the present inadequacy of Special
School accommodation for defective children;
(2) outlining the need for a real advance in the direction of
making provision for such children;
(3) indicating" the lines on which Local Education Authorities
should deal with the problems involved; and
(4) notifying that in due course the Board will call for an
advice as to intended or actual progressive action on the
part of Authorities concerned.
The Sub-Committee recommended that the School Medical
Officer be asked to submit a report as to any improvement of, or