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and regards the improvement as demonstrating the greater
confidence of the parents and the decreased fear of the open-air
conditions. The children became hardier and more acclimatised to
open-air conditions, suffered less from colds, exclusions were fewer,
and there was less opposition on the part of parents to the remedy
of physical defects. The acceptances of Dental Treatment numbered
75 per cent.
During the year, visits have been paid by the Junior Assistants
to the adjoining Infant Welfare Centre.
19. SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
The Authority for the provision of Secondary Schools in your
Borough is the Essex County Council.
20. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.
There are no Continuation Schools in the Area.
21. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG
PERSONS.
(i) and (ii).—The work of the Juvenile Employment and Welfare
Committee is referred to in the following report by Mr. R. Dempsey,
the Juvenile Employment Officer:—
"Unemployment Insurance.-The year commenced at the Juvenile
Employment Bureau with a very black outlook, and the number of
young people who received Unemployment Benefit increased
steadily during th? first quarter of the year. After the first quarter,
the numbers receiving Unemployment Benefit gradually decreased.
The highest and the lowest weekly figures among those who received
Unemployment Benefit at the Bureau during the year were:—
"Boys.—116 in March; 43 in December.
"Girls.—96 in January; 12 in December.
"In October, the rates of contributions to Unemployment
Insurance were increased and the benefits reduced under the
National Economy Order, 1931.
"The number of new entrants to Unemployment Insurance at
16 years of age was 2,040.
"The total number of Unemployment Books exchanged at the
Bureau during the year was 2,439, compared with 2,482 during
the previous year.