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The Urban District Council of Acton.
To the Chairman and Members
of the Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen :—
In accordance with paragraph 13 of Circular 576, issued by
the Board of Education in November, 1907, we beg to submit the
following report on the schools and school children under the
control of the Local Education Authority. The report deals with
the period ending December 31st, 1913. This period has been
adopted so as to secure in future reports an effective basis for
comparison of the work done in different parts of the country,
and to correspond with the annual period fixed for the closelyrelated
annual report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The scope of the report is defined in Circular 596 of the Board
of Education, and this report will follow as closely as possible
the lines laid down in that circular. As the report is for the
information of the Board of Education, as well as of the Local
Education Authority, statements of local circumstances and conditions
are included which may seem superfluous to the latter.
As regards the scope of the report, the Board consider it
desirable that it should cover as much as possible of the ground
indicated under the following heads :—
(a) Hygienic condition of schools.
(h) Description of arrangements for co-ordinating School
Medical Service and Public Health Service, including (1) Use of
Board's Schedule ; (2) Assistance given by Teachers, Nurses,
Attendance Officers, etc. ; (3) Co-operation of parents ; (4) Disturbance
of school arrangements.