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PROVISION OF MEALS.
Sections 82 to 80 of the Education Act, 1921, are not in force
in Hornsey.
A majority of the schools have adopted the scheme of the
National Milk Publicity Council, under which each child may
obtain in the middle of the morning session for one penny one-third
of a pint of milk in a sealed bottle with a sterile straw, through
which to take the milk. About 1,600 children take advantage
of this scheme, with benefit to their health and well-being. A
much larger proportion of the children could, with equal benefit,
partake of this milk.
SCHOOL BATHS.
The swimming bath at South Harringay School is available
for children from all the elementary schools in Hornsey and about
2,000 children per week use it from May to September.
There is also an arrangement by which Hornsey children may
use the swimming bath of the Islington Borough Council in
Hornsey Road.
The beautiful new open-air swimming pool in Park Road,
opened by the Mayor of Hornsey in 1929, is also available for
school children on special terms.
CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND VOLUNTARY BODIES,
Previous annual reports of your School Medical Officers have
recorded the methods adopted to obtain the closest co-operation
between the staff of the School Medical Service, the children's
parents, the teaching staff, attendance officers and voluntary
workers in securing medical treatment, surgical appliances, spectacles
and other necessities. It is a pleasure to record that all
these persons and agencies act together in perfect harmony through
the four District Care Committees and the Central Care Committee,
the work of which is very complete and effective.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
(a) Ascertainment.—Table III. represents the numbers of
children of school age known to be defective within the meaning
of Part V. of the Education Act, 1921, on the 31st of December,