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One provided and two non-provided schools have trough closets :
the sooner these are replaced by m0dern pedestal closets, hand
Hushed, the better hygienically. Glo6ets with automatic flushes
engender careless habits, which are reflected in the stoppage of
closets so often happening in private houses, and so often found to
be due to improper use.
There has been a notable improvement in the number of towels
provided for the children's use in the schools. The Committee have
now considered the subject and have decided to allow 3 roller towels
per week per 50 children. This is an excellent forward step in the
inculcation of cleanliness in the children.
Cost of the School Medical Service.
The gross cost of the medical, dental, and nursing services was
£11,327; from this an income of £741 should be deducted, making
a nett cost of £10,586. The rateable value of the Borough in 1936
was £2,245,109. The Government grant is 50 per cent. of the
expenditure, hence the actual cost to the rates was £5,293, i.e., a
rate of 0.57 pence. The nett cost of these services to the rates for
1036 per child on the school registers was 4s. 0.3d.
The figures do not include £300 for Medical Inspection (Highei
Education) and for Blind persons £711.
Cost of Special Schools.
Schools maintained by the Council, £6,880 ; Contributions to
schools under other authorities, £3,615 ; Loans charges, £538 ; Other
expenses (travelling), etc.), £6 ; Income from parents' contributions
and other receipts, £719, giving an actual cost of £10,320,
of which £5,207 was payable out of local rates, giving a rate of
0.56 pence.
Cost of Milk and Meals.
Milk and meals cost £1,613 17s. 6d.; Income from parents
contributions, £56 1s. 0d. ; giving an actual cost of £1,557 16s. 6d.
There has been a slight increase in the cost of the actual
Medical services rendered in the Public Elementary Schools from
0.54 in 1935 to 0.57 of a penny rate in 1936. The cost of maintenance
in Special Schools has also increased from a rate of 0.52 to
0.56 pence. The cost of milk and meals has increased by £177.