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I am indebted to Mr. Compton, the Director of Education, who has very kindly
called my attention to the Ninth Annual Report of the Juvenile Employment SubCommittee—for
the year ended July 31st, 1933. This Report, inter alia, deals with
after-care in connection with the Faircross Special School, and points out that this
work is fortunately diminishing. This Report also gives details of interesting cases,
indicating the pursuits in which the children are now employed.
(14) FULL-TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR BLIND,
DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC STUDENTS.
The Local Education Authority do not maintain any courses of training for Blind,
Deaf. Defective and Epileptic students.
(15) NURSERY SCHOOLS.
Up to the present the Barking Authority have not established Nursery schools in
the area under their control.
(16) SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
The Barking Education Authority is not empowered to provide secondary education
for its scholars, but children for whom this type of education is demanded do attend
the Barking Abbey School, situated on the boundary of the Borough. This school
is under the Essex County Council, and medical inspection and treatment of children
attending it is in the hands of that Council.
(17) PARENTS' PAYMENTS.
There has been no change during the year in the arrangements for recovering the
cost of treatment from parents of children attending Public Elementary Schools. These
arrangements are, briefly, as follows:—
Dental Treatment.—There is a nominal charge for treatment of sixpence per patient.
Dentures, regulation plates, etc., are supplied at cost price, or at reduced cost or free of
charge in certain necessitous cases. No charge is made for a Dental X-ray examination.