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Figures in brackets indicate number over 14 years of age.
* Includes 2 cases between 2 and 5 years of age.
‡ Includes 6 cases between 2 and 5 years of age.
All educationally subnormal children are re-examined once a year and,
where necessary, are visited at home by the School Nurses at least once a
quarter.
Employment of School Children and Young Persons.—From special
inquiries made at the various schools during 1946, it was found that 19
children were employed out of school hours. 18 children were submitted
for medical examination in accordance with the Byelaws made under Part 11
of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, with the following result:—
Medically fit 18
Employment of Children in Entertainments Provisional Amending
Rules, 1945.—No certificates were granted during the year.
Examination of Officers, etc.—The undermentioned teachers and
other officers were medically examined and reported upon during the year:—
Newly-appointed Teachers 3
Newly-appointed Staff 26
Staff—Sickness Regulations 7
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Camp Schools.
The Finnamore Wood Camp School, near Marlow, was closed for Ilford
children in December, 1945.
The Elmbridge Camp School at Cranleigh, Surrey, and Kennylands
Camp School at Kidmore End, near Reading, were taken over by the Essex
Education Committee on the 1st April, 1945.
These two schools are administered by the Ilford Committee for Education
for the Essex County Council, and accept children not only from Ilford
but from other parts of the county, at Kennylands for short periods of stay.
Drugs, medicines and medical appliances are still supplied through
these offices and the matrons submit a weekly return showing the variety
of cases dealt with in the School Clinic and cases admitted to the Isolation
Dormitory, Camp Hospital or other hospital.
At Kennylands on the 26th April, 1946, there was an outbreak of Gastroenteritis—70
cases including the matron; the last case occurring on the
2nd May. Seven days' quarantine was imposed and children were allowed
to return home on the 13th May. 24 children, however returned to Ilford
before that date, against medical advice. These were kept under observation
by the Sanitary Inspectors and examined by the School Medical Officer
before being allowed to return to school.
It has been necessary, as in former years, to draw attention to the inadequacy
of the isolation facilities at the Camp Schools.