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appointed for this work should be able to devote herself to
other duties when she becomes less fully occupied. In connection
with home enquiries, it is also important to note
that often a remedy may be suggested in respect of improper
feeding by a suitably qualified woman, who may in other
ways be in touch with, and of service to, the mother of the
family.
(5) The effect of feeding school children.
This is a matter which requires to be properly determined,
and should be the subject of report from time to
time by the School Medical Officer on information obtained
from all engaged in the work—Health Visitors, teachers
and others—as well as by systematic investigation of groups
of children by the Assistant Medical Officers at the Schools.
II. The Work of the Accountant.
The financial control, in my view, ought to be under
the supervision of the Accountant, in the same way as the
other financial work of the Education Committee.
The economical administration of the work is one of the
factors on which the grant of the Board of Education will
depend, and on that account should be the subject from
month to month of careful review by the responsible Committee.
III. The Work of the Committee, Subcommittees and
Clerk.
This is no doubt a matter about which the Committee
will be guided by the Clerk, having regard to the general
scheme of the Committee work of the Education Committee.
In my opinion, however, and having regard to the congestion
of business at the Children's Care Committee, it would
be desirable that this Committee should have at least two
Sub-Committees to deal with the whole of the work of the
School Medical Officer. These Sub-Committees, amongst