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Special Visits.
During the year visits were paid on three separate days by a
Medical Officer of the Ministry of Education accompanied by two
H.M. Inspectors for Schools.
On the first day the School for the Partially Sighted was visited
and a suggestion was made in regard to the provision of a hot
drink and a biscuit to offset the possibility of some children not
having had breakfast before arrival at school. Later the Physiotherapy
Clinic was visited and a school meal sampled at the Hale
End School Dining Centre.
In the afternoon visits were paid to the three special schools
at the Hale End site, i.e., the School for the Physically Handicapped,
for the Educationally Subnormal, and lastly for the Deaf and
Partially Deaf.
On the second day, the work of the health visitors and school
nurses was reviewed with special reference to the time allocated to
cleansing inspections. Visits were paid to the Central School Clinic
and the Central Dental Clinic and the Dental Workshop, with
special reference to the supply of orthodontic appliances.
In the afternoon the Group Hearing Aid recently installed at
the School for the Deaf was seen and later the speech recording
apparatus used in the Speech Clinic at the Hale End School, and
lastly the Orthopaedic Clinic.
On the third day a general discussion took place with regard
to the Child Guidance Service and a visit was paid to the West
Avenue Centre where child guidance in regard to the children of
pre-school age is undertaken. The Central Child Guidance Clinic
in High Street was then visited and a discussion ensued with Dr.