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(1) That the advantages and disadvantages are generally
accurately set out in my letter to head teachers of the
3rd September last.
(2) That the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
(3) That the most important element in the prevention
of any accumulation of greasy dirt on the surface of the
floors is proper discrimination as to the quantity, place of
application, and time of application of the preparation in
question.
Under these circumstances, I am not in a position to
make any recommendation to the Committee regarding the
use of dust allaying materials and school cleaning, at present,
but think it desirable, that it should be impressed upon
head teachers that they have power to discriminate on the
lines suggested in item (3) above, within the limits of the
instructions issued to them by the Education Committee.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer.
APPENDIX H.
Municipal Offices,
Dyne Road, Kilburn, N.W.,
19th November, 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Children's Care Committee.
Payments for Spectacles.
On the 17th August, 1908, the Board of Education
issued Circular (596), in which appeared the following paragraph
relating to the provision of spectacles:—