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consent and willingness to pay at least part of the cost before the
child is referred for treatment. In really necessitous cases the
Local Authority bears the whole cost. During the year the sura of
£336 3s. 7d. was collected as follows:—
£ s. d. .
Minor Ailment Clinics 2 14
For cost of spectacles 48 5 3
For convalescent treatment 75 19 3
For operations for tonsils and adenoids 147 12 6
For dental treatment 62 5 3
The Local Authority still reserves four beds (two for boys and
two for girls) at the Russell-Cotes School of Recovery, Parkstone,
Dorset. The children are sent for a period of six weeks or longer;
16 girls and 16 boys were sent during 1936.
During 1936 two beds were also reserved for a period of six
months at Collington Manor, Bexhill, and three girls and two boys
were sent during this period. Wherever possible, the Local
Authority recovers part of the cost of maintenance from the parent,
but as most of the children are drawn from really necessitous homes,
the amount recovered is comparatively small.
During the course of the year, in addition to the help set out
above, four children were supplied with surgical instruments, one
child suffering from diabetes was provided with insulin, and eight
children were sent to residential schools other than the RussellCotes
School or Collington Manor.
There was a total of five deaths among school children during
the year. In 1935 there were ten. The causes of death during
1936 were as follows:—
3 Pneumonia.
2 Heart Disease.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC HEALTH.
The hygienic conditions of the schools in Enfield are the same
as in my report for the year 1935.