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Number examined Individual children found Defective Percentage defective
557 116 20.8
General Condition.
Number examined Good Percentage. Fair Percentage. Poor Percentage.
557 220 39.5 296 53.1 41 7.4
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT Children are sent away mainly through the Invalid and
Crippled Children's Society and the Invalid Children's Aid Association. They usually
require short-term treatment or a less bracing climate than that of the Fyfield OpenAir
School. One hundred and fifty-one children were sent to convalescent homes during the
year.
IMMUNISATION. Immunisation in the schools was continued during the year as a
complementary service to the more important immunisation of pre-school children.
School children who had not been immunised previously were offered the full treatment,
while those who had been done in infancy or more than two years previously were offered
refresher doses. The numbers thus treated were as follows:-
Completed course of primary immunisation Refresher doses.
797 2,064
In addition, a small number were treated at the Balaam Street Clinic.
Completed course of primary immunisation Refresher doses.
56 76
These cases are all included in the figures quoted on page 6.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS. The greater part of the work undertaken
by children in this Borough consists of newspaper and milk delivery and other errand-rounds.
During the year the number of children medically examined for fitness for employment was
229. All were found fit to undertake employment. During the same period, 49 certificates
of fitness were granted for girls to participate in singing and dancing under the
Entertainments Rules.
THE SCHOOL-LEAVER AND EMPLOYMENT Information regarding each child's fitness for
employment, based on the results of the last routine medical inspection, as modified by
any subsequent special examinations, is passed on to the Youth employment Office when the
child leaves school. This scheme has now been in operation for 14 years, and now includes
more detailed reports, with the parent's signed consent, on children suffering from a
handicap of such a nature and severity as to bring them within the scope of the Disabled
Persons (Employment) Act, 1944. These arrangements are more particularly of advantage
to children in attendance at special schools, and a visit is made to each of these schools
by the Chief Assistant School Medical Officer, towards the end of each term, for the
purpose of compiling the necessary reports. During the year 13 reports were submitted
on Form E.D.211 (D.P).
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