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PROVISION OF MEALS.
Meals were provided for children at all the schools.
During 1943 24,704 dinners were provided free, and 608,826
were provided and paid for. 2,770,741 1/3 pint bottles of milk were
provided and paid for, and 46,681 were provided free.
BLIND, DEAF, EPILEPTIC AND MENTALLY
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
There are two blind children in Enfield and they are attending
Residential Schools for the Blind.
Eleven children are in attendance at Philip Lane School for
the Deaf, Tottenham ; these may be classified as follows:—
6 suffering from acquired deafness.
5 suffering from motor aphasia.
Thirty-nine children were examined under the Mental Deficiency
Act (1913) during 1943. These were scheduled as follows:—
Dull and backward but capable of instruction in
an elementary school 4
Mentally defective but capable of instruction in a
special school 19
Incapable of further instruction in a special school 1
Imbecile 9
Not scheduled (to be seen again) 6
EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF
SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Average number on books of Junior Technical School 300
Average number on books of Grammar School 622
Average number on books of County School 510