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One provided and two non-provided schools have trough closets;
the sooner these are replaced by modern pedestal closets, hand
flushed, the better hygienically. Closets 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.
Cost of the School Medical Service.
The gross cost of the medical, dental, and nursing services was
£11,852; from this an income of £800 should be deducted, making
a nett cost of £11,052. The rateable value of the Borough in 1937
was £2,284,119. The Government grant is 50 per cent. of the
expenditure, hence the actual cost to the rates was £5,526, i.e., a
rate of 0.58 pence. The nett cost of these services to the rates for
1937 per child on the school registers was 4s. 2.6d.
The figures do not include £300 for Medical Inspection (Higher
Education) and for Blind persons £573.
Cost of Special Schools.
Schools maintained by the Council, £7,709; Contributions to
schools under other authorities, £3,737; Loans charges, £459; Other
expenses (travelling, etc.), £11; Income from parents' contributions
and other receipts, £694, giving an actual cost of £11,222,
of which £5,685 was payable out of local rates, giving a rate of
0.60 pence.
Cost of Milk and Meais.
Milk and meais cost £1,330 14s. 2d.; wages, fuel, printing,
etc., £669 13s. 4d.; income from parents' contributions, £85 8s. 7d.;
giving an actual cost of £1,914 18s. 11d.
There has been a slight increase in the cost of the actual
medical services rendered in the Public Elementary Schools from
0.57 in 1936 to 0.58 of a penny rate in 1937. The cost of maintenance
in Special Schools has also increased from a rate of 0.56 to
0.60 pence. The cost of milk and meals has increased by
£357 2s. 5d.
The Elementary Schools are now classified under the Hadow
Scheme as Senior, boys, girls and mixed; Junior, boys, girls and
mixed, and Infants. The Table below gives the number of schools
and the number of pupils in attendance thereat. The school population
as given by the average number on the registers has decreased
by 218. The average attendance was 89 per cent.