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One boy was notified to the Local Authority under
Article 2 of the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children)
Regulations, 1928.
Children leaving the Special School after attaining the
age of sixteen years in nearly all cases succeed in obtaining
employment. The boys take up work in the local factories,
or on milk and paper rounds, or acting as carriers for local
business houses. The girls are generally employed in factories,
laundries, in indoor service or doing daily work.
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 question of providing Nursery Classes was under consideration
by the Education Committee in 1937. The Committee
have decided, subject to the approval of the Board of
Education, to begin by establishing a Nursery Class in the
Dundonald Road Junior Girls' and Infants' School in 1938.
This class will accommodate not more than thirty-five children
between three and five years of age. Arrangements will be
made for the class to be staffed by a certified mistress and
helper. The Municipal Day Nursery 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.
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