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It will be seen that the greatest number of sub-normal children are to
be found in the Cuckoo School, with St. Ann's, Little Ealing, Grange, St.
John's, Qaklands, Stanhope and St. Mark's following in sequence.
The small numbers to be dealt with in most of the schools, excepting
Cuckoo School, and the wide distribution would render a scheme for the
provision of meals not only expensive but difficult. It must be kept in mind
that the children enumerated cannot be compelled to have meals and the
number participating might not only be small but it might vary greatly
in the course of the operation of the scheme.
If the scheme is to be embarked upon it might be adopted in one school
to begin with, the Cuckoo School, where the largest proportion of the subnormal
children are, so as to gain experience of its working, the preparation
of the meals being carried out at that school.
THOMAS ORR,
School Medical Officer.
23rd June, 1938."
(b) UncleanuneSS.—The routine measures taken to deal
with uncleanliness and verminous condition were fully described
in the report for 1934. The number of children found unclean
in the last four years were as follows:—
Year.
Average
number
on Rolls.
No. of
examinations
for verminous
condition.
No. of
individual
children
found unclean.
Legal
proceedings
taken under
Attendance
Byelaws.
1934 14,077 30,183 760 8
1935 14,463 32,951 755 2
1936 15,251 33,578 830 8
1937 17,062 39,955 882 21