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St. John's, Brighton 2 children
Brookfield Orthopædic Hospital 1 child
Lord Mayor Treloar's Cripple Hospital, Alton 1 „
Children who have been certified by the School Medical Officers
as mentally defective have been accommodated as follows:—
Oak Lodge Special Day School, Finchley 59 children
All Soul's Special School, Hillingdon 2 „
Low grade defectives are referred to the County Authority.
For epilepsy, one girl is receiving institutional treatment at Lingfield
Home and School, and one boy and one girl are waiting for suitable
accommodation.
Tottenham children resident in outlying Institutions are periodically
visited by the School Medical Officer and as they approach the age of 16
are specially examined with a view of ascertaining whether they require
further supervision and training under the County Council's Scheme.
High grade mentally defective children are not excluded from school,
so long as they are well behaved, until a place in a suitable special school
is found for them.
If it appears probable that a child will, on reaching the age of 7 years,
become notifiable to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency
Act, information is sent as soon as the facts are known so that the Officer
appointed under that Act may have knowledge of probable further claims
upon his attention.
(b) Statement of the arrangements made for the supervision of mentally
defective children not in Special Schools:—
There is an Occupation Centre in Tottenham for mentally defective
children of low grade. This is under the supervision of the Central
Association for Mental Welfare.
By arrangement with the County Authority the same provisions
for medical inspection and treatment, as apply to elementary school
children, are available for children attending this centre.