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(c) That the payment of wages and accounts and keeping
of account books be carried out by the Accountant, in
accordance with the existing system for other departments.
(d) That the Secretary of the Education Committee
carry out the usual duties of Clerk of the Committee, including
the preparation of contracts for foodstuffs and other
requirements, such as the necessary apparatus, utensils,
crockery and other ware at the centres; and also arrange
for recovery of cost of meals, when duly authorised by
resolution of the Committee.
Under resolution (b) above, Miss E. M. Carter was
appointed supervisor of the feeding centres. There are five
centres under the control of the Education Committee, one
centre, the Kilburn Centre under the control of a voluntary
body, and one coffee house at Cricklewood where children
receive meals.
Children may be fed on application to the Head Teachers
or the Superintendents at the centres. The circumstances
of all cases so added to the feeding lists are investigated
within a few days of being put on. If the family circumstances
show after deductions are made for rent, fares and
insurance a net amount per head of the family of 3/6 or less,
the children are retained on the feeding list. If the figure is
above this amount, and the visitor, who is also a trained
nurse, is of opinion that the children are well-nourished, the
names are taken off the feeding list. If on the other hand the
visitor is of opinion the children are ill-nourished, the
children are referred to the Medical Officer for his decision
as to whether or not the case should be retained on the
feeding list.
All cases struck off the feeding lists are reported to the
Education Committee in due course.
A register of the children fed is kept at each of the feeding
centres.