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SWIMMING INSTRUCTION.
During the months May to September, 1937, arrangements
were made for approximately 1,600 elementary school children
(960 boys and 640 girls) to attend for swimming instruction
at the West Hendon and Mill Hill Open-Air Pools, and at the
Squires Lane and Open Air Baths, Finchley. Groups of from
20 to 40 children in charge of teachers attended for half-hour
periods weekly, and lessons were given by competent Instructors.
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL MEDICAL
SERVICES AND THE JUVENILE EMPLOYMENT
COMMITTEE.
The scheme which was commenced last year has been
continued whereby children suffering from defects likely to
handicap them in any particular branch of industry are
referred to the Juvenile Employment Committee so that that
body may be in a position to place such children in employment
suitable to their physical capacity.
During the year reports were forwarded on 26 children.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children has also co-operated in the work of the School
Medical Services in connection with children of school age
whose non-attendance at school was alleged to be due to
neglect in the home. During the financial year 1937/38,
officers of this Society, at the request of the Authority, paid
52 visits to 13 families in respect of 35 children. The intervention
of the Society's officers had beneficial results in each case
and dispensed with the necessity for Police Court Proceedings
being taken by the Authority against the parents. In addition,
the Society has placed its Ambulance at the disposal of the
Authority, free of charge, for the purpose of conveying
children to Heart Homes. The Local Education Authority
made a contribution of £5 5s. Od. to the Society for these
services.
Particulars of the above cases for the year in question are
as follows:-