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SPEECH CLINIC.
(See Table III, Group V, and Table VII.)
This service is operated through the Health Department at
Maidstone, and the clinics are held at the South Clinic, Princes
Plain, under the control of Dr. Stableforth. 10 new cases were
referred during 1949.
43 sessions were held during the year; there were 247
attendances and 18 cases treated.
Lip reading classes for children who are "hard of hearing"
are also held at the South Clinic, under the supervision of Miss
Snelgrove.
EXCEPTIONAL AND HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
The special clinic held at the Municipal Offices on Saturday
mornings continued throughout the year. The total of attendances
during 1949 was 87.
Details of handicapped children are shown in Table VIII.
CHILD GUIDANCE.
All cases requiring Child Guidance are referred to the
County Council for treatment at the Clinic at Chislehurst. Six
teen cases were so referred during the year.
MILK IN SCHOOLS.
There is no change to report in the arrangements for the
provision of pasteurised milk during the year. The permitted
quantity of milk per child per day has throughout the year
remained at one-third of a pint.
A return to the Ministry of Education showed that on a day
in October the percentage of pupils receiving milk, based on the
number in attendance, was 89.66%.
SCHOOL MEALS SERVICE.
During 1949 the expansion of the School Meals Service in
the Borough was continued as far as the priority restrictions
would permit. By the end of the year no less than four new
Kitchens and Dining Rooms were completed. A Kitchen for
500 meals and a Dining Room to accommodate 375 at Aylesbury
Secondary School for Girls and a Kitchen and Dining Room for
350 meals at Quernmore Secondary School for Boys were taken
into use in September A new Kitchen and Dining Room for
750 meals daily at Raglan Road Secondary and Primary Schools
and a new Kitchen and Dining Room for 500 meals daily at
Hayes Primary School are nearing completion and will be taken
into use very shortly.