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to the procedure as to the supply of spectacles, and have
referred the matter to the School Medical Officer."
Children's Care Committee, 1th October, 1911, p. 253.
"Provision of Spectacles.
(a) We reported on the 7th June, 1911
(p. 91), that the Board of Education had sanctioned
under Section 13 (1) (b) of tbe 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 wnose eyesight is found defective
on medical inspection. We recommend that application
be made to the Board of Education for sanction to the
necessary expenditure, estimated at £50, to 6e incurred
during the year ending 31st July, 1912.
"(b) The School Medical Officer has submitted a
list of 22 children to whom spectacles have been supplied
at a cost of £3 10s. 9d., toegther with a statement of.
the reasonable amounts which the parents might be
asked to contribute. We have given instructions for
the contributions to be collected, subject to the circumstances
of the families."
Children's Care Committee, 1st November, 1911, p. 318.
"Supply of Spectacles.
"(a) The School Medical Officer has submitted a
list of four children to whom spectacles have been supplied
at a cost of 17s., together with a statement of
the reasonable amounts which the parents might be
asked to contribute. We have given instructions for the
contributions to be collected subject to the circumstances
of the families.