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Last year a proposal to provide a joint school for Mental
Defectives in the western part of Middlesex was agreed upon by
the Authorities concerned, and the proposal was submitted to the
Board of Education by the Middlesex Education Committee.
At the Board's request further consideration of the scheme
was deferred until the Report of the Special Committee dealing
with this subject was published, and therefore nothing further has
yet been done.
NURSERY SCHOOLS.
There are no nursery schools in this district.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.
The School Medical Service of the Local Education Authtority
does not at present extend to these.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.
(i) Employment of Children.
The conditions of the employment of children and young
persons in this area are regulated by Bye-Laws. By these,
certain employments are prohibited and in others the hours
of employment are regulated; children between the ages of
13 or 14 employed in the sale or delivery of milk or newspapers
or in domestic work away from home, must hold a certificate
from the School Medical Officer to the effect that such employment
will not be prejudicial to their health or physical development and
will not render them unfit to obtain proper benefit from their
education.
38 Children were examined and were granted the necessary
certificates of fitness for work, except in one case where the
certificate was withheld.
(ii) Co-ordination of the work of the School Medical Service
with that of the Juvenile Employment Committee and of
the Certifying Factory Surgeon for the District.
The Health Reports for Juvenile Employment cards are taken
from the medical inspection records and are entered in the Health
Department. Where by reason of absence at Medical Inspection,
sufficiently recent medical records do not exist, the cases are