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illness during the following winter. Sun suits were very seldom
worn because of the lack of sun.
"Though it has not been a year of unqualified success, I am
pleased to report that those children who have attended regularly
throughout the year are in very good health, and the appreciation
of the mothers is something for which, I think, we should be
thankful."
Children under 5 Years of Age.—The Superintendent of
Attendance Officers kindly states that in December, 1936, there
were 479 children on the registers born in the years 1932 and 1933,
apart from children at the Nursery School. Every Infants' Department
had such children on its register, the maximum number being
52, all departments having 14 or more. The average number per
department was 26.6.
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 Savings 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 are 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 18