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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 Pyfield Open Air School.
Two hundred and fifty-five children were sent to convalescent homes during the year.
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 132.
All were found fit to undertake employment. During the same period, 74 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 15 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 12 reports were submitted on Form E.D.211(D.P.).
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