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3. If a parent does not attend the investigation meeting, and it is found
that the non-attendance was due to illness, or other unavoidable
cause, continue to feed, if the Head Teachers and School Attendance
Officers are agreed, until the next meeting, when the parent will be
called up again.
4. If the parents are undeserving, but the children apparently need
food, supply it, if the School Doctor pronounces a child underfed,
and Head Teachers and School Attendance Officers agree; report
the case to the Central Committee.
5. If a child receiving tickets is found to be verminous, suspend the
issue of tickets at once, and report the case to the Central Committee.
6. Without making a definite standard, if after paying rent and
fares there is 16s. 2d. remaining for a family of five children and
other sized families in proportion, as a rule meals should not be
provided.
7. If the parents do not apply, and the School Doctor pronounces a child
to be underfed, the parents are to be informed that the child apparently
needs food, and asked to make application for meals. If the
parents refuse to apply, report the case at once to the Central Committee.
If application is made, feed the children and invite the
parents to the next investigation meeting.
Dinners were served at St. James' Hall in Upper Edmonton from January
8th to March 19th, and at St. Michael's Hall in Lower Edmonton from January
8th to April 30th. From April 1st to the end of December arrangements were
made to feed the children at cook shops in the district.
The total number of dinners received at the centres was 11,474, an average
of 157 a day. The average cost of each dinner was 2.7d., the cost for food
alone being 1.7d., and for preparation, apparatus and service, 1d.
The total number of dinners received at the cook shops was 6067, an
average of 37.6 a day. The average cost of each dinner was 3.5d., of which
2.5d. was estimated to be spent on food alone, and 1d. on service, etc.
The total expenditure on the dinners during the year was £220, of which
£145 was estimated to be sent on food alone. The total amount available to
be spent on food alone is the produce of a ½d. rate, which is about £420.
Intelligence.
The intelligence of the child was recorded by the Head Teacher in consultation
with the class teacher, the children being classed into seven grades.