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from a Local Education Authority to provide suitable
and inexpensive spectacles free of charge. They will,
however, only sanction such an 'arrangement' if they
are satisfied that every endeavour will first be made
to obtain the provision of the spectacles by the child's
parents or by any voluntary associations which exist
for the purpose. The Board will, of course, require
that due precautions should be taken to secure accurate
examination and appropriate prescription by qualified
medical men of suitable experience."
In connection with this latter matter, I desire to call
the attention of the Committee to the following extracts
from their Minutes :—
"Children's Care Committee Report.
7th June, 1011, p. 91.
"List of Children Supplied with Glasses under the
Committee's Scheme.
"We beg to report (a) that the Board of Education
(18th April, 1911) have sanctioned under Section 13
(1) (b) of the Education (Administrative Provisions)
Act, 1907, the expenditure, in respect of the period
ending 31st July, 1911, of a sum not exceeding £30
on the provision of inexpensive spectacles for children
whose eyesight is found defective on medical inspection.
"(b) The School Medical Officer has submitted
a list of 35 children to whom spectacles have been
supplied at a cost of £6 1s. 1d., together with a statement
of the reasonable amounts which the parents
might be asked to contribute, and we have given
instructions to have the circumstances of the cases investigated
and the rendering of any necessary accounts.
"(c) We have received a letter from the head
master of one of the Committee's schools in reference