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In addition to her ordinary work, in her unoccupied time she
carries out cleansing of unclean heads, under a special scheme.
She was trained at one of the London Cleansing Stations, the
Council provides the Sacker's combs and the necessary shampoo
and towels. A fee of 1/- is charged for each case. By this
means, any child who is excluded from school, can be back within
two days, and the cleansing is not carried out by any officer
of the department acting as such.
There have been certain parents who objected to going to the
Home Help, but a considerable number of parents have been very
glad of the opportunity. The presence of this service acts in
another way, in that if a case is taken before the Magistrates
the fine is considerably heavier now that means are at the
disposal of the parents, whereby the child can be re-admitted to
school within 48 hours. There is certain class of parent who
rather than face the fact of paying the 1/-, will spend more than
that on various medicaments wherewith to cleanse the child's head,
and run to the extreme limit of the period allowed by the Committee,
and then at the last minute face the fact that it is better
to pay the ]/- and get the head clean, than run the risk of a
substantial tine by the bench.
During the year, 168 children have been cleansed.
Grants of Milk.
Milk is supplied free or at reduced rates to expectant mothers
(during last three months of pregnancy) to nursing mothers, and
to children under three.
The scale of grants for provision of milk have been fixed as
follows:—
Where the family income after deducting rent is less than
4/- per head free.
4/- to£5/- per head parent pays 1/3 cost.
5/- to 7/6 ,, ,, ,, ,, 2/3 ,,
Where the amount is over 7/6 per head, no grant is made.
Number of grants made during the year was 125.