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94
Tonsils and Adenoids 4
Dental 32
Vision 20
Fares to Hospital, etc. 15
Milk and Extra Nourishment 160
Convalescent Homes 40
Permanent Homes 4
Boots 119
Total 394
Three hundred and ninety-tour cases were assisted
at a cost of £114 2s. 11d.
The Committee was able to help in a sad case where
six motherless children were left. They were able to
get two little girls into Dr. Barnardo's Homes, and a
girl and boy into the National Children's Home at Edgeworth,
in Lancashire, whilst the two elder boys went
into the Farnborough Institution with the Father.
In September, the Committee was asked to take over
the Clothing Department of the Best Boom. This was
done and several of our members meet three or four
times a week to sort and distribute the clothing, and to
the end of the year 70 mothers and 149 children were
helped in this way.
Our members are still busy at the School Clinic,
which is open daily and has an average of 15 sessions
per week. This necessitates three or four of our members
working there every day, and giving between 54
and 58 hours a week to the work. We are still wanting
more helpers in this department.
The Committee has again to thank Mr. Harris for
his great kindness in giving spectacles at very reduced
prices, and in many cases free of cost.
The Committee cannot close this report without
referring to the great loss they have sustained in the