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106 were fed free, 20 for part payment, and eight for full payment.
The total number of meals provided was 14,869, and of these 12,706
were provided free, 1,876 for part payment and 287 for full
payment. The average cost per meal was 6.9 pence, of which 3.2
pence represented the actual cost of food and 3.7 pence the cost of
administration.
In addition to these meals provided on medical grounds, 2,407
meals were provided for the 29 children attending the Partially
Sighted Classes. Of these, 1,124 were provided free, 97 for part
payment, and 1,186 for full payment.
Apart from this provision of meals, 328 children were provided
with milk at school free of cost daily, the number of bottles of milk
issued between January 1st and July 31st being 34,568. Many
others were supplied with malt and cod liver oil at the School
Clinic, either free or at cost price on the recommendation of the
School Medical Officers.
IX.—BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
The arrangements for dealing with all defective children were
as in former years, children with very defective vision being sent
to the Partially Sighted School, deaf children to the Tottenham
School for the Deaf, and mental defectives to the Joint Special
School at Finchley.
X.—SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
The medical inspection of the pupils attending the Secondary
Schools is usually carried out for the most part in the autumn term.
The closure of Trinity School and the evacuation of large numbers
of pupils from both Trinity and Glendale Schools, made it
impossible to do any inspections in the autumn term this year, so
that a much smaller number of children was examined than usual—
only 196 as compared with 706 in the previous year. Dental treatment,
and to a less extent ophthalmic treatment, of secondary
school children was also seriously interfered with during the
autumn term.
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