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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Number and Percentage of Children having Milk on the 1st October, 1938.
| No. of school departments in group. | No. of children on registers. | No. having milk. | Percentage having milk 1/10/37 .1/10/38 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Mixed | 1 | 447 | 112 | 25.2 | 25.0 |
| Senior Boys | 7 | 2,163 | 948 | 43.8 | 43.8 |
| Senior Girls | 6 | 2,259 | 1191 | 46.0 | 52.7 |
| Mixed | 1 | 351 | 257 | 66.0 | 73.2 |
| Junior Boys | 1 | 372 | 213 | — | 57.2 |
| Junior Girls | 1 | 368 | 297 | — | 80.4 |
| Junior Mixed | 11 | 5,078 | 3,401 | 59.4 | 68.9 |
| Junior Mixed and Infants | 10 | 3,593 | 2,720 | 70.8 | 75.6 |
| Infants | 12 | 3,493 | 2,828 | 78.0 | 80.9 |
| 50 | 18,124 | 11,967 | 62.0 | 66.0 | |
The number of children supplied with milk free of charge
under Section 82—85 of the Education Act, 1921, were as follows :
Number of children for whom a supply of milk was
approved, 1st January, 1938 1,377
Number of children for whom a supply of milk was
approved, 31st December, 1938 1,674
Daily average number of milk meals 1,448
Total number of bottles of milk supplied 304,018
Cost of milk supplied £633
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Table III gives the number of exceptional children in the
area under each heading. It shows the number of these exceptional
children in each category who are being maintained at certified
schools, those who attend public elementary schools and those
who are not attending any school as at the 31st December last
year. It will be noted that 43 children were being maintained at
certified schools by the Education Committee.