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CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
The children's Care Committee provides help for necessitous
children in those cases that cannot be helped within the scope of the
Education Acts. Through its agency the following help was given
during the course of the year :—
Twelve children were given cod-liver oil and malt, Parrish's
Food, etc., and ten convalescent treatment; 409 pairs of ordinary boots
were also provided. One child was provided with fares to hospital.
Through the medium of the Children's Care Committee, massage
is provided for the children requiring it. A fee of two shillings per
visit is charged, and this is paid by the parents whenever possible. In
really necessitous cases the Care Committee bears the cost.
The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to children
assists in dealing with parents who are guilty of continued neglect.
CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL PRACTITIONERS.
The co-operation of the general practitioners of Enfield has been
sought and maintained throughout the year. In 396 instances parents
were advised to obtain advice from their own doctors ; only those cases
which are too trivial to need the advice of the general practitioner are
treated at the minor ailment clinic. The thanks of the school medical
service are due to the doctors of Enfield for their whole-hearted cooperation
throughout the year.
BLIND, DEAF, EPILEPTIC AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE
CHILDREN.
There is no special school for the blind in this area, and children
suffering from vision so defective that they are unable to be taught in
an ordinary elementary school are educated either at a special school
in Wood Green or at a residential school for the blind. There are
six such children in Enfield, and they are educated as follows :—
2 girls attending residential schools for the blind. (1 at
Swiss Cottage and 1 at Court Grange Special School.)
4 girls attending Lordship Lane School for the Partially
Sighted, Wood Green.
Deaf and Deaf-mutes.—These children attend the Philip Lane
School for the Deaf, Tottenham. At the end of 1937, 11 children
were attending : 3 deaf-mutes, 3 suffering from acquired deafness, and
5 suffering from motor aphasia.
Mentally Defective Children.—Thirty children were examined
under the Mental Deficiency Act (1913) during 1937.