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14. FULL TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
FOR BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC
STUDENTS
The Authority for the provision of such courses is the Essex
County Council.
15. NURSERY SCHOOL.
The routine medical supervision is the same as detailed in
previous reports, except that all the children are now seen by the
School Nurse before being admitted to the school.
Miss Richards has kindly contributed the following report on
the work of the Nursery School during 1933 :—
"In reviewing the work of the Nursery School during 1933, one
is impressed by the much higher and steadier attendance
throughout the year (especially from June to December). It
reached its maximum during the first week in October, when the
average attendance was 128.4, the highest attendance since the
school was opened in 1929.
"Together with the better attendance during the year, the
general health of the children has shown distinct improvement.
Except for a few isolated cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and
Mumps, there has been no epidemic disease during the year.
There have been fewer coughs and colds, children with a tendency
towards bronchitis have seemed much stronger, and have attended
more regularly. A number of Tonsils and Adenoids operations and
teeth extractions have been carried out in a good many instances
with beneficial results, and the school nurse reports a distinct
improvement in the general cleanliness of the children both as
regards body and head condition.
"Both the improved condition of health amongst the children
and the high average attendance are very largely attributable to
the exceptionally long and fine summer weather.
"The year has also shown a more united co-operation on the
part of the parents and their greater appreciation and better
understanding of those principles, both educational and medical,
upon which the Nursery School is based.
"Reviewing the year as a whole, I feel confident that the
Nursery School is now established, and justifies its existence.
"It is to be hoped that its successful results may lead to the
opening of other Nursery schools in Walthamstow."