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St Pancras 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The County Medical Officer has also kindly furnished the following particulars in regard to the feeding of school children in St. Pancras during the year ended 31st March, 1922.
| Number of individual children fed. | Number of meals provided. | Cod Liver Oil and Malt. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinners. | Breakfasts. | Milk. | |||
| 1,583 | 104,123 | 154 | 61,433 | 1,723 | |
| (b) Non-necessitous | 447 | 57,805 | Nil | 31,619 | 109 |
| Totals of (a) and (b) | 2,030 | 161,928 | 154 | 93,052 | 1,832 |
The schools were closed for holidays during the following periods:—
Easter—24th March, 1921, to 4th April, 1921.
Whitsuntide—16th and 17th May, 1921.
Summer—21st July, 1921, to 22nd August, 1921.
Autumn—31st October, 1921, and 1st November, 1921.
Christmas—23rd December, 1921, to 9th January, 1922.
During these periods dinners and breakfasts were provided for the necessitous children only. No feeding
of any kind took place on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year, the statutory Bank Holidays, Good
Friday, or Tuesday, 27th December, 1921, the day following Boxing Day.
Infectious Diseases in Schools.
In the investigation of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, &c., and of measles, the school
teachers are promptly advised in regard to cases and contacts, so that the London County
Council rules in regard to the exclusion from school of these can be brought into operation.
It has not been necessary during the year to close any school on account of infectious
disease, but in a number of instances the "unprotected" children in certain schoolrooms were
temporarily excluded on account of measles.
St. Pancras School Clinics.
The following account of the work of the two London County Council treatment Centres
for school children has been kindly furnished by Dr. A. R. Roche, the Secretary-Superintendent:—
St. Pancras School Clinics.
At the request of the Medical Officer of Health I have on previous occasions had the
opportunity of detailing the work done at these Centres in the Borough.
At the present time there are two Clinics at work, in Prince of Wales' Road and Lancing
Street, dealing with cases in the north and south of the Borough respectively.
The Clinics work in agreement with the London County Council and treat cases referred
to them from the School inspections of the Council's School Medical Officers and Nurses.
The cases dealt with fall into the following categories, errors of refraction and eye diseases,