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South-East Essex Technical College has now been in
force for over a year, and at the end of this Report
are appended figures for the inspection and treatment
of pupils attending these schools.
The service is the same as that carried out at your
elementary schools and includes the specialist treatment
services—orthopaedic, ophthalmic, dental, etc.
A small deficit, which must obviously strike one when
considering the number of cases examined at the elementary
schools, is more than compensated for when one
reviews the figures in relation to those examined at the
secondary schools, for it is clear that the two combined
figures must be in considerable advance of any figure
for elementary schools alone, when taken by themselves
for past years.
No comparison is made of the children attending
these secondary schools as they are children drawn
from many outlying districts of Essex where the services
during the elementary school period cannot be compared
with the services which you have inaugurated
for the elementary school children in Barking.
(17) PARENTS' PAYMENTS.
During the year under review it has been decided
with regard to treatment at the orthopaedic clinic that
an initial charge of six-pence, subject to remission in
necessitous cases, be made at the first treatment, such
payment to cover the whole treatment.
(18) HEALTH EDUCATION.
In my last Report I dwelt upon the inculcation of
good habits at an early age which would be possible
when nursery classes were set up. These have now