[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1936
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Victoria Sf^ccial School. Hoys. Girls. dotal Number on Register, December 31st, 1935 . 25 25 50 Admitted during the \'ear 193() i 4 11 * Discharged dui ing the year 193b 0 ( 13 Number on Register, December 31st, 193() . 20 22 48 *Of those who left :—- Reached the age limit (10 ^u's.) 4 0 10 Deceased 1 1 2 Physically unbt to attend school 1 — 1 Number examined (new cases) Number certibed — 17 10 27 (ci) for admission to Special School 7 3 10 (6) lneducal)le 0 w 3 5 Number not M.l). (dull or back¬ ward) 5 3 8 Number under observation 3 1 4 d'be places are blled after cases referred to the medical officer have been examined at the Eirs Clinic. school 1 luring llie N’car. 1 examined 27 eases, (jf wliom I eertitied 10 as suital)]e for admission to the Special Scliool, and 5 as ineducable; to be dealt with under Alental Debcienev Acts. Eight were not ment¬ ally defective, and 4 are being kept under observation as border¬ line eases. The names of all children who become eligible to leave the Special vSebool are reported to the Education Office at the end of each term and details of each ease are referred to the Statutory Committee under the Mental Debcienev Act, 1013. d'be cases are visited ])eriodically by the nurses in the health department, who supervise ibeir after-care. NURSERY SCHOOLS. 1 am pleased to be able to record that ])lans have now been jiassed for the erection of a Nursery School in the llrassbouse Lane .Area, and that actual building will soon commence, d'be plans provide for 100 ])laees. OPEN-AIR EDUCATION. d'be I'irs Open Air School in C'oopers Lane has accommoda¬ tion tor 120 children, the number on the registers at the end of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30091536_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
