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staff and the medical department in ensuring preventive
measures of health for their children by agreeing to their
being injected against diphtheria."
Children under Five Years of Age.—The Superintendent of
Attendance Officers kindly states that in December, 1935,
there were 484 children on the registers born in the years
1931 and 1932, apart from children at the Nursery School.
Every Infants' Department had such children on its register,
the maximum number being 51, all departments having 10 or
more. The average number per department was 24.2.
16. SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
The Authority for the provision of Secondary Schools in
your Borough is the Essex County Council.
Reference is made in Section 7 (a) to the dental inspections
and treatment of pupils attending secondary and technical
schools.
17. PARENTS' PAYMENTS.
The approved scales for the recovery of fees in respect of
treatment for tonsils and adenoids, ringworm and dental
defects are set out on the back of the leaflets in use for the
purpose of recording the parents' agreement for such
treatment.
In the case of members of the Hospital Saving Association,
the vouchers are accepted in lieu of parents' payments, and
the contributions are recovered from the Association.
The full cost of the appliances supplied under the Orthodontic
Scheme is recovered from the parents before they arc
supplied.
Except in necessitous cases, parents pay in full for all
spectacles under an agreed scale of charges by all the opticians
on the official rota.
18. HEALTH EDUCATION.
(a) Your Committee authorised the United Kingdom
Band of Hope Union to provide lectures on " The Hygiene of
Food and Drink" at schools by arrangement with Head
Teachers. On four days between January 9th and 23rd
lectures were given at 22 school departments, a total of 62
teachers and 3,220 children being in attendance.