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14. FULL-TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
FOR BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC
STUDENTS.
The Surrey County Council is the Authority responsible for
Higher Education for blind, deaf, defective, and epileptic
children. Recommendations are sent to the Surrey County
Council by the Wimbledon Education Authority, in suitable
cases, where Higher Education for such defective children is
considered desirable.
15. NURSERY SCHOOLS.
No Nursery Schools have been established in Wimbledon.
The Municipal Day Nursery, however, has accommodation for
thirty toddlers under five years of age. Particulars of the medical
and dental inspection of these children are given in the Maternity
and Child Welfare Section of the Medical Officer of Health's
Report. The medical record cards of these children follow them
when they enter the elementary schools on attaining the age
of five years.
16. SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
The medical inspection of Secondary Schools in Wimbledon
is under the control of the Surrey County Education Authority.
17. PARENTS' PAYMENTS.
The parents of children attending public elementary schools
are required to contribute towards the cost of treatment in accordance
with approved scales adopted by the Education Committee.
The scheme includes treatment given at the Minor Ailment
and Dental Clinics, together with the operative treatment for
tonsils and adenoids, and hospital treatment under the orthopædic
scheme. No charge is made for the examination of
children at the Refraction Clinic but the parents are required
to pay the cost of the spectacles which are obtained for their
children at a contract price. In exceptional cases of financial
difficulty the Committee, after considering all the circumstances,
have provided the spectacles free of charge.
Where children are receiving hospital treatment for other
conditions under arrangements made by the Education Committee,
the financial circumstances are considered in each case
and a suitable assessment for the parents' contribution is then
made. These latter cases include children suffering from rheumatism
and heart disease, delicate children, as well as children
suffering from eye diseases requiring a period of in-patient
hospital treatment.
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