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St Pancras 1922
[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, 1923.
| — | Weekly average Number of children fed. | Number of meals provided. | Cod Liver Oil and Malt. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinners. | Breakfasts. | Milk. | |||
| (a) Necessitous | 308 | 26,211 | — | 31,090 | 1,230 |
| (b) Non-necessitous | 223 | 2,189 | — | 40,589 | 262 |
| (a) Necessitous | 101 | 17,167 | — | 1,852 | — |
| (b) Non-necessitous | 345 | 56,767 | — | 12,628 | — |
| Totals | 977 | 102,334 | — | 86,159 | 1,492 |
The schools were closed for normal holidays during the following periods:—
Easier—14th to 24th April, 1922, inclusive.
Whitsuntide—5th and 6th June, 1922.
Summer—27th July to 28th August, 1922, inclusive.
Autumn—30th and 31st October, 1922.
Christmas—22nd December, 1922, to 8th January, 1923, inclusive.
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. It. Roche, the Secretary-Superintendent:—
St. Pancras School Treatment Centres.
For the third year in succession the Medical Officer of Health has asked me to give some
details of the work done in these centres for incorporation in his annual report. I gladly accede
to his request.
As is probably well known, the medical inspection of children attending the elementary
and secondary schools is in the hands of the medical service of the London County Council.