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benefit derived by children who receive a regular supply were
sent to all schools for distribution to the parents through the
children.
At the beginning of October before the leaflets were issued
11,967 children were receiving milk, while at the end of the month
after the distribution of the leaflets this number had increased
to 12,197.
At the present time milk is not supplied to children during
the school holidays. Efforts are being made however to make
arrangements for children to receive milk, commencing at the
Easter holiday, and there is no doubt that the continuance of the
daily supply, particularly to those children receiving free milk
who cannot receive a sufficient amount while at home, will be
especially valuable.
As a result of the report on the nutrition of school children
submitted by the School Medical Officer in the previous year, a
Sub-Committee was appointed by the Education Committee to
consider the report and to make recommendations. The Committee
decided that as an experiment meals should be supplied at Cuckoo
School to necessitous childien attending this school and also to
those attending Hobbayne and St. Ann's Schools. An account
of this experiment will be given in next year's report.