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attendance department, from hospitals and other voluntary associations.
All such children are kept under close supervision. They
may be examined in the first instance by one of the assistant school
medical officers. All children are examined by the chief assistant
school medical officer, who decides their fitness for certain
activities and the desirability of admitting them to special institutions—such
as those dealt with later in this section. The school
nurse, who is specially designated for this purpose, visits the
homes of the children and advises the parents regarding their
care. The permanent out-of-school cases are visited from time to
time by the nurse, and should there be any changes in the condition
which justify re-examination, arrangements are made
accordingly.
In addition to these arrangements, the head teachers, at
the end of each year, submit a report on all children who in their
opinion are exceptional. These are dealt with in the manner
described above.
(b) Blind children. A blind child is defined, by Section 69
of the Education Act, 1921, as one who is too blind to be able to
read the ordinary school books used by children.
A partially sighted child is one who, though he cannot read
ordinary school books, or cannot read them without injury to his
eyesight, has such power of vision that he can appropriately be
taught in a school for the partially sighted. Children who are
able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school
books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision are
not included under this heading.
The Authority has made no direct arrangement for the
education of blind and partially sighted children, but where
possible arrangements are made for these children to be admitted
to residential schools conducted under other auspices.
During the year 1937 it was necessary to make arrangements
for only one blind child; this child was accommodated in a
certified school for the blind. The number of partially sighted
children known to the Authority was 17. Of these 10 were in
certified schools for the blind, 6 were at public elementary schools,
and 1 was at home.
(c) Deaf children. Information regarding deaf children
is received from the assistant school medical officers, or from
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