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Cost of the School Health Service.
The gross cost of the medical, denial and nursing services
was £15,775. The rateable value of the Borough as at 1st April,
1945, was £2,505,211. The Government grant is 44.15 per cent.
of the expenditure, hence the actual cost to the rates was £8,810,
i.e., a rate of 0.84 pence. The figures to not include £300 for
Medical Inspection (Higher Education).
Cost of Special Schools.
Schools maintained by the Council, £7,068; contributions to
schools under other authorities, £4,247. Income from parents'
contributions and other receipts, £704, giving an actual cost of
£10,611, of which £5,926 was payable out of local rates, i.e., a
rate of 0.57 pence.
Cost of Milk and Meals.
Meals and milk cost £33,150, including wages, fuel,
printing, etc. On this expenditure the Government now make
a grant of 100 per cent. for expenditure on milk, and 74.15 per
cent. of the expenditure upon meals.
School Population.