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Convalescent Home Treatment.
During the year under review the Education Committee
accepted responsibility for the cost of the maintenance and treatment
of 42 children in Convalescent Homes, Heart Homes or Open-air
Schools recognised by the Board of Education. In addition, 34
children attending Leyton Schools were sent away for varying
periods through the agency of the Tuberculosis Care Association,
and 45 through the agency of the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
Exceptional Children—Cost of Education.—The Director
of Education has supplied the following information showing the
annual cost per child to the Education Authority of educating
the undermentioned types of children.
Rate Cost
Per Child. Per Child.
(1) Cost in Leyton Elementary Schools
(based on average attendance) £15 17 8 £8 4 1
(2) Blind Child—
(i) In Special Day School (a) £20 0 0 £20 0 0
(ii) In Special Residential Sehool(a) £72 10 0 £36 5 0
(3) Deaf Child—
(i) In Special Day School (a) £29 8 0 £29 8 0
(ii) In Special Residential School(a) £70 0 0 £35 0 0
(4) Defective Child—
(i) In Knotts Green Special
School (6) £37 0 0 £18 10 0
(ii) Mentally Defective Child in
Residential Institution (a) £60 0 0 £30 0 0
Notes.—(a) Charge made by the particular Institution or Authority
—not necessarily the gross cost of education.
(b) Cost of educating both physically and mentally
defective children at Knotts Green. Not possible to
differentiate cost as between each type, as many of
the services are common to both in varying proportions.