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APPENDIX B.
ILFORD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL v. MORTON.
At the Stratford Police Court on 11th March, 1914, the
father of a child attending one of the schools of the local
Education Authority was summoned, at the instance of the
Ilford Urban District Council, on the information of their
Deputy Medical Officer of Health, Dr. G. E. Oates, under
Section 12 of the Children's Act, 1908, in respect of two
offences,
(i.) for that he, the father, having the custody of a
certain child of the age of 11 years, unlawfully and
wilfully did neglect the said child in a manner
likely to cause the said child unnecessary suffering
or injury to its health;
(ii.) for that he, the father, having the custody of a
certain child of the age of 11 years, unlawfully and
wilfully did cause to be neglected the said child in
a manner likely to cause the said child unnecessary
suffering or injury to its health.
Mr. Adam Partington, on behalf of the Council, stated
that the case was brought before the notice of the Justices
in the hope that it would have the effect of emphasising a
parental duty, the child throughout the last three years
having been under the continual observation of the Health
Department of the Council, by reason of the verminous
condition of its head and its neglected condition.
The defendant pleaded "Not guilty."
The Health Visitor of the Council deposed to having
seen the child on divers dates throughout the years 1911,
1912 and 1913. On one occasion in the latter year the
child's body was flea-bitten, and she seemed generally
neglected. Her clothing was dirty and untidy and marked