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figures give some idea of the practical help rendered by the
District Care Committees during 1926:—
Number of Cases.
Free.
Part
Payment.
Full cost paid
by parents.
Total.
Milk 78 4 260 342
Cod liver oil and malt 24 30 178 232
Spectacles 10 40 113 163
Surgical appliances 1 3 — 4
Boots and clothing 156 — — 156
In addition 79 children were given a short holiday at the
seaside mainly as a result of the efforts of the Care Committees.
Most of the schools have their own boot and clothing clubs,
organised by members of the District Care Committees and
their friends. These clubs have proved to be most useful
institutions.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
All defective children coming under the notice of the Head
Teachers, Attendance Officers and other officials are referred for
examination to the School Medical Officer. Those children incapable
of being educated in ordinary schools but capable or
deriving beneficial instruction in special schools are sent to
suitable institutions. Thus, during 1926, 10 children attended
a special class in Wood Green for the partially blind and 1 a
special class in the London area, 7 a class for deaf children in
Tottenham, 3 a residential school for deaf children, 30 the
Joint Special School in Finchley for feeble-minded children
and 2 a certified school for epileptics. Six mentally defective
children incapable of deriving: benefit from education in the
Joint Special School were referred to the Middlesex County
County Council, the Local Authority under the Mental
Deficiency Act.
During the year 39 children were examined by the School
Medical Officer with a view to their admission to the Joint
Special School, and of these children 14 were actually admitted