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DEATHS AMONGST SCHOOL CHILDREN.
There were fifteen deaths among school children during the year.
The causes were as follows:—
1 Haemophilia.
2 Nephritis.
1 Epilepsy.
1 Toxaemia.
1 Heart Disease.
1 Diphtheria.
1 Tuberculosis.
1 Cerebral Haemorrhage.
1 Sarcoma.
1 Cerebral Tumour.
4 Accident. (2 Burns. 1 poisoning. 1 drowned.)
PROVISION OF MEALS.
Meals were provided for children at the following centres:—
Albany School.
Botany Bay School.
Eastfield Road School.
St. John's School.
Suffolks School.
St. James' School.
Bush Hill Park School.
George Spicer School.
Central School.
Chesterfield Road School.
Chase Side School.
During 1942 13,649 dinners were provided free, and 118,377
were provided and paid for. 2,690,059 j pint bottles of milk were
provided and paid for, and 48,250 were provided free.
BLIND, DEAF, EPILEPTIC AND MENTALLY
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
There are two blind children in Enfield and they are attending
Residential Schools for the Blind.
Nine children are in attendance at Philip Lane School for the
Deaf, Tottenham ; these may be classified as follows :—
6 suffering from acquired deafness.
3 suffering from motor aphasia.