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makes many demands on the time and work of the head teachers
particularly, and I am glad to be able to express my thanks to them
for the assistance they give us. The School Attendance Officers
have also been helpful in bringing to our notice children requiring
attention, and I am indebted to them for their help.
(c) Of Voluntary Bodies.
Of the voluntary bodies for whose help the school medical
service is grateful, the chief is the Juvenile Organisations Committee,
to which I have referred above in connection with the
Children's Holiday Camp at Dymchurch. Other activities of this
organisation include the running of gymnasia, clubs for indoor and
outdoor sports, and dancing classes, all of them of great benefit to
the children and young people taking advantage of them.
The Boot and Clothing Fund raised and administered by the
Care Committee has provided many of the poorer children with
boots and clothing during the year.
Assistance has been obtained from the representative of the
Tottenham Deanery Council for Moral Welfare in connection with
children whose moral welfare has required special supervision,
and from the Inspector of the National Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children in dealing with parents who have been
neglectful to obtain necessary treatment for their children, and I
am very grateful to the officers of both these organisations for their
assistance, which is readily available at all times.
I am also very grateful to the Palmers Green Samaritan Society
for enabling us to send children to their Holiday Home at Shoeburyness
on very advantageous terms.
(d) Juvenile Employment Bureau.
The school medical records of all children reaching schoolleaving
age are handed on to the Juvenile Employment Bureau
as soon as the children leave school. These records are carefully
examined before being handed over and a note made on them for
the guidance of the Bureau in all cases where unsuitability for any
particular type of work is indicated.
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