Birmingham Education Committee: Elementary School, Children and Scholarships: … Birmingham Allowances to be Reconsidered: … … Mrs. Pinsent moved an amendment favour of referring the report back, and asking for a detailed estimate of the cost, and a scheme of charges to parents. She insisted that the treatment of minor ailments was a much bigger thing than anticipated by the Hygiene Sub-committee; and argued that the annual cost would be nearer £600 than £20. She described the latter as wholly misleading, as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” With regard to dental treatment and the provision of spectacles the amount paid was equal to 70 per cent. Anything obtained for nothing was not valued. Mrs. Pinsent’s amendment was carried.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949