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Vale Rend Nursery School.
This Nursery Schccl was evacuated at the commencement
of the war to Elvedcn Hall, but , as these premises were
required by the military authorities, similar suitable
accommodation was fcund at Braunston Manor, Near Oakham,
the children being transferred there in October, 1941.
Medical attention and treatment for the children
is carried cut by a Visiting Medical Officer, appointed
for this purpose, and periodical visits are made by the
Committee's Schocl Medical and Dental Officers,
All new entrants t: the school are submitted tc
special medical and dental inspection before evacuation,
and immunisation against diphtheria is carried cut as
far as possible prior to their departure.
An outbreak of measles occurred in the early part
of the year while the children were at Elvedon Hall.
One cf the Medical Officers visited the school and all the
children were given an injection cf immune glebin with a
view to ccntrollin£ the spread of infection, with beneficial
results. A School Nurse was sent from Tottenham tc assist
with the nursing of the children.
Later in the year there were a few cases cf mumps,
but apart from this and the outbreak cf measles, the children
appeared tc derive much benefit from their country surrcundings
and regularised lives.
Schccl for the Deaf.
As reported last year the deaf children evacuated from
this district are accommodated at suitable premises at
Rustington, Sussex.
The deaf children remaining in Tottenham are receiving
instruction and training in temporary quarters at West
Green Schocl. Speech training sessions fcr both stammerers
and other defects cf speech are held at this schocl, but
shortage of staff renders impossible the ideal cf having a
full-time schocl fcr these children.
Oak Lodge Special School.
Mentally defective children who are educable, attend
the Special Day Schccl at Oak Lodge Pinchley. This schccl is
under the management of a Jcint Board consisting cf representatives
of Finchley, Wood Green and Hornsey, and still remains limited
in its scope, owing to partial occupation by Fire Service
personnel.
Special Day School for Partially Sighted Children.
These Tottenham children certified by the Committee's
Ophthalmic Surgeon as requiring education for the partially
blind attend the White Hart Lane Special Day Schccl which is
situated in the administrative district cf Wood Green.
Special Schccl fcr Physically Defective Children.
Children found tc be physically defective attend the
Special Day School which is now accommodated temporarily at
West Green Schccl,
G. HAMILTON HOGBEN.
Schccl Medical Officer.