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Milk Marketing
Board's
scheme,
voluntary
milk clubs.
In addition to the 54,105 children receiving milk in school on the school doctors'
advice, there is a large number of children taking advantage of the Milk Marketing
Board's scheme through voluntary school milk clubs organised by the head teachers.
In October, 1936, the total number of children receiving milk in the London
schools was estimated to be 315,000.
The scheme of the Milk Marketing Board provided originally that only one
bottle should be allowed daily at the reduced price to children other than those
who were certified by the school doctors to require milk on medical grounds. At
the instance of the representative groups of teachers, however, it was agreed in
October, 1936, by the Milk Marketing Board that all children in the London schools
who desired it might have two bottles daily at the reduced price.
Defective children
Examinations with a view to the admission of children to special schools,
were made in 4,299 cases. The following table shows the number of children
nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—

•Of these 34 boys and 21 girls were imbeciles; 2 boys and 6 girls were idiots; and 8 boys and 8 girls were
feeble-minded.
The numbers of children actually attending special schools will be found in
table III of the statistical tables at the end of this report.
The following statement shows the nature of the conditions found among the
children certified as suitable for admission to schools for the physically defective at
the admission examinations during the year:—