Medical inspection of schools in Great Britain . e andimprove what hearing yet remains. Special instruction for the deafis compulsory throughout the whole country, and attendance uponthe instruction is compulsory. Schools for epileptics.—The laAv governing the schools for theblind and the deaf, passed in 1893. was compulsory. The law govern-ing the work of epileptics and children mentally and physically de-fective, passed in 1899, is permissive. The defect of epilepsy in themeaning of the act was to be determined by a physician selected forthe purpose by the education department. This was the
Medical inspection of schools in Great Britain . e andimprove what hearing yet remains. Special instruction for the deafis compulsory throughout the whole country, and attendance uponthe instruction is compulsory. Schools for epileptics.—The laAv governing the schools for theblind and the deaf, passed in 1893. was compulsory. The law govern-ing the work of epileptics and children mentally and physically de-fective, passed in 1899, is permissive. The defect of epilepsy in themeaning of the act was to be determined by a physician selected forthe purpose by the education department. This was the first instancein England in which statutory powers in connection with school ad-ministration were given to a medical officer. That part of the act providing for the segregation and special edu-cation of epileptics has not been very generally adopted by localauthorities. There are perhaps several reasons for this failure. Theact provides that the child must be suffering to such a degree as to BUREAU OF EDUCATION. BULLETIN, 1917 NO. 49 PLATE A. OPEN-AIR REST ROOM—THE REST PERIOD.
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