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16.—CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
The Public Assistance Committee has very kindly given assist
ance in one or two cases during the year, and the Invalid Children's
Aid Association has, we know, dealt with some of our school
children. The Middlesex Edward VII. Memorial Fund from
time to time provides a seaside holiday or convalescence for a few
necessitous children.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
has continued to render valuable assistance in cases of parental
neglect, 27 cases having been referred to the Society during the
year.
The following Societies render all possible assistance where
required:—Hounslow, Heston and Whitton Philanthropic Society;
The Isleworth, Spring Grove and St. Margaret's Philanthropic
Society; The Shaftesbury Society, and Ragged School Union;
The United Services Fund, and the British Legion.
17.—BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Every effort is made to keep the list of these cases up-to-date.
The Health Visitors are able to report some cases before they reach
school age, others are discovered at the Infant Welfare Centres,
and we never lose sight of them afterwards. Head Teachers inform
us of cases, and we rely on the School Attendance Officers to
bring to our notice those defective children who do not attend
school.
There are no Special Schools in the district, and the proposal
made in 1927 to provide a joint school for Mentally Defectives
in the western part of Middlesex is still under consideration.
All mentally abnormal children, other than those who have
been notified to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority, are reexamined
frequently, and in any case not less than once in twelve
months.
At the end of 1931 there were 22 children being maintained
by the Education Committee at institutions outside the district.
Three were in Schools for the Blind, and three were in Schools
for the Partially Blind.
Six were in a school for the Deaf.
Three were in schools for the Mentally Defective.
Two were in schools for Epileptics.
Two were in a Residential School for Cripples.
Two were in Residential Open-Air Schools.
One child was in the Royal National Orthopædie Hospital.