Government's record on health services
1927-09 1927 1920s 11 pages -5- It must be remembered that open air recovery schools and nursery schools come under the category of special schools. Further, that "of about 33,000 mentally defective children classed as educable in 1925, 15,775 were attending special schools; 12,470 were at...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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September 1927
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/C574A03C-8C56-484D-9DE3-023784406808 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/ECD3E779-F973-4A0D-B8EF-01CB7D6F7B6A |
| Summary: | 1927-09
1927
1920s
11 pages
-5- It must be remembered that open air recovery schools and nursery schools come under the category of special schools. Further, that "of about 33,000 mentally defective children classed as educable in 1925, 15,775 were attending special schools; 12,470 were at ordinary elementary schools; 860 at other institutions, and 3,872 were not attending any school." (Lord E. Percy, April 24th, 1927). Whilst it is possible that further investigation may be required with regard to details of the arrangements for special schools for the mentally defective, there can be no possible doubt as to the need for building these and other special schools. But perhaps the worst example of the Tory Administration in Education and Health is to be found in the Economy Act which allows the President of the Board of Education to override Section 44 (2) of the Education Act 1918. Thus we read in the Economy Act that grants may be refused for "any expenditure which in the opinion of the Board of Education is excessive, having regard to the circumstances of the area of the authority or the general standard of expenditure in other areas." Or in other words, grants may be refused in area "A" because it is a poor area already highly rated, and again to a wealthier area "B" because it is adjacent to "A" with its low standard of educational expenditure.
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