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The scale of family income is the same as given in last year's Report. The
total number of children fed was 517, whilst meals given were:—
Breakfasts. Dinners.
St. Michael's Hall 43.538
Pymmes Park 2,214 35,762
The cost per head is 5d.
During the year milk has been ordered necessitous and ill-nourished
children: this is warmed on the school premises and given during the morning.
The children have benefited by this to the extent of 10,205 cup-fuls, and there
are at present 71 children on this list.
Co-operation between parents, teachers, attendance officers, and the
medical staff is a close one: it is very necessary for us in order to carry out
our work to the best advantage of the child, and we are grateful for all help
accorded us.
There are no after-care Committees, nor is there co-operation with any
voluntary body.
THE DEFECTIVE AND ABNORMAL CHILD.
These children, though forming a small percentage of the whole number
of children, require a good deal of attention devoted to them, and form a serious
problem for the Education Authority, and through them for the community at
large.
Provision is made for the deaf child and for the feeble-minded, whilst four
children have been in residence at the East London Home and School for the
Blind, Clapton.
The deal and the deaf and dumb are sent to the Special School at
Tottenham, travelling by train under the care of a guide. At the end of the
year there were four boys and seven girls on the roll, whilst there are at the
elementary schools four children who should attend this school when they reach
the age of seven years.
A representative After-care Committee should be formed to look after
these children at the age of 16 years in order to see that they get suitable
employment on leaving school. The Headmistress of this school interests
herself in the after-welfare of her pupils, and to her the best thanks of this
Education Committee are due.