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and Shrewsbury Road Schools under specially trained teachers,
but though doing excellent work they are quite inadequate for
the needs of this large borough.
There is urgent demand for a centrally situated Special
School for backward and mentally defective children, where all
grades, except those of so low a mentality as to need residential
treatment, could receive adequate education.
Total number examined under M.D. Act26
Ineducable and notified to Mental Deficiency Committee
12
Recommended for Special Classes 5
Recommended for Special Schools 14
Admitted to Special School or Class 2
Awaiting Vacancies 12
Excluded from School 26
Dental Disease.
The report of the School Dentist is appended. In September,
1919, Dr. Bendix was appointed full-time dentist in connection
with school work, and the beneficial effects of this step are
already noticeable. New accommodation has been provided for
this branch, and one session per week is set aside for dental work
under a general anaesthetic.
Cleanliness.
All the school children have been examined for cleanliness by
the school nurses on repeated occasions during the year. The
effect of these constant inspections is gradually becoming apparent
and the standard of cleanliness in schools at the present
time is higher than in any previous year. Details of this work
are furnished in Table VII.
Physical Training in Schools.
The School Medical Officers have long been impressed with
the large amount of minor physical deformities existing among
school children. These defects include mouth breathing, round
shoulders, defective gait, ungainly carriage and inability to inflate
the lungs properly. It is thought that many of these faults
might be eradicated by and much improvement in the general