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a break in his educational life at a later stage. The school nurse also visits the schools
frequently, her inspection being designed to note cleanliness, minor ailments and the
presence of infectious disease. The defects which are most frequently found at these
medical inspections are bronchitis and catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory
passages, and enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
In addition to the four nursery schools, there are five nursery classes held at the
following schools - Carpenters, Gainsborough, New City, Grove County Primary (Salway Place)
and Tollgate. Every endeavour is made to carry out medical inspections on the same basis
All these figures relating to medical examinations and relnspections are Included
in the general statistical tables in Appendix
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT. Children are sent away mainly through the Invalid Children's
Aid Association. They usually require short-term treatment or a less bracing climate than
that of the Fyfield Open Air School. Two hundred and twenty-four children were sent to
convalescent homes in this way 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 107.
All were found fit to undertake employment. During the same period, 81 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 inspections, as modified by any
subsequent special examinations, is passed on to the Youth Employment Office when the child
leaves school. This scheme has been in operation for 16 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 8 reports were submitted on Form Y.10.
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