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Leyton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Convalescent Home Treatment.
During the year under review the Education Committee
accepted responsibility for the cost of maintenance and treatment
of 48 children in convalescent homes, heart homes or open air
schools recognised by the Board of Education. In addition,
64 children attending Leyton schools were sent away for varying
periods through the agency of the Tuberculosis Care Association
and 64 through the agency of the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
| Per Child. | Rate Cost Per Child. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Cost in Leyton Elementary Schools (based on average attendance) | £18 | 15 | 8 | £9 | 13 | 7 |
| (2) Blind Child— | ||||||
| (i) In Special Day School(a) | £20 | 0 | 0 | £20 | 0 | 0 |
| (ii) In Special Residential School(a) | £74 | 0 | 0 | £37 | 0 | 0 |
| (iii) In Residential Ophthalmic School (a) | £144 | 14 | 8 | *£73 | 0 | 0 |
| (3) Deaf Child— | ||||||
| (i) In Special Day School (a) | £26 | 6 | 6 | £26 | 6 | 6 |
| (ii) In Special Residential School (a) | £75 | 0 | 0 | £37 | 10 | 0 |
| (4) Defective Child— | ||||||
| (i) In Knotts Green Special School (b) | £32 | 16 | 6 | £16 | 8 | 3 |
| (ii) Mentally Defective Child in Residential Institution(a) | £61 | 0 | 0 | £30 | 10 | 0 |
| (iii) Child in Epileptic Colony (a) | £71 | 4 | 10 | £36 | 12 | 5 |
| (iv) Child receiving Residential Orthopaedic Treatment (a) | £70 | 0 | 0 | £35 | 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.
* Estimated.