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The amount of milk to be taken by each child per day is a matter of opinion.
Generally speaking, children get far too little milk, but there are cases where I myself
have found it necessary to point out the children are taking too much milk, and at
propaganda meetings it is our misfortune to find ourselves speaking to the converted
where as often as not it is necessary to advocate the limitations of the use of milk
rather than its increased consumption. In this connection, it may be pointed out
that the main experiments which have proved so clearly the value of supplementary
milk feeding, have all been carried out by the administration of not less than threequarters
of a pint of milk per child per day. We may take it, therefore, that a
child can take three-quarters of a pint of milk per day without interfering with its
healthy appetite for other food of a more mixed variety, and I think that at the
present time we may well take three-quarters of a pint as an average, if we are
dealing with all ages of school-children, say from five to sixteen years.
On the 1st October, 1934, the scheme of the Milk Marketing Board to supply
milk at half-price, viz.: one-halfpenny instead of one penny per third of a pint
came into operation.
It was a condition of the scheme that the Milk Marketing Board should be
satisfied that the milk supplied did have the approval of your Medical Officer, as to
source and quality, and further that if pasteurised supplies were available the milk
should be of such quality.
Your Medical Officer did satisfy himself that the milk supplies were being taken
from approved sources and were of the proper quality.
(12) CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND VOLUNTARY BODIES.
During the year, parents have continued to show an interest in the work done
by the Medical Inspectors in the Schools. Parents' attendances at the routine
inspections are a matter for congratulation, and the spirit in which recommendations
for treatment have been received has been good.
Teachers in all departments have co-operated well with the School Nurses and
Medical Inspectors, not only in the preparation of the available accommodation and
the notification of parents of the examiner's visits, but also in maintaining a high
standard of orderly behaviour among the children during the examination.
The work of the Dentists too has also been facilitated by the active
co-operation of the teaching staff.