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important to observe that the younger a child is the more liable he
is to infectious illness, and the younger a child is the greater is the
likelihood of infectious illness proving fatal. There is thus a double
reason for protecting children against all infectious disease.
As shewing the ignorance which prevails amongst parents with
regard to infectious illness, I may state that two children were found
in school suffering with mumps during medical inspection, and in
the case of a third, the mother brought the child, who had been at
home a week with measles, to be examined by me at the school
amongst other children.
Education (Provision of Meals) Act, 1906.
During the year, I was instructed by the Education Committee
to prepare a scheme of dietaries for necessitous school children.
This was duly presented to the Canteen Committee at its meeting
on September 19th, 1910, and approved as under:—
Monday.—Suet pudding containing flour, suet and syrup.
Bread and margarine or dripping or lard.
Tuesday.—Mutton stew containing scrag-ends of mutton
(breast and neck), onions, turnips, carrots,
potatoes and barley.
Bread and margarine or dripping or lard.
Wednesday.—Pea soup containing peas, turnips, onions and
carrots.
Bread and margarine or dripping or lard.
Thursday.—Lentil soup containing clods and stickings,
lentils, haricot beans, turnips, onions and
carrots.
Bread and margarine or dripping or lard.
Friday.—Boiled rice containing rice, milk and sugar.
Bread and margarine or dripping or lard.
The following table shews the approximate cost (exclusive of
the cost of preparation and condiments, service and wear and tear of
dishes) per child as well as the physiological value of each day's
dinner :—