[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking] page 124

Barking 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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It will be noticed that facilities exist at some schools for the heating of meals,
and where the children are supervised during meal-times. The table also shows
what arrangements there are for the drying of children's clothes and boots.
During the year, a lot has been heard of the selection of school-children for
free meals. It may perhaps suffice, if I state I am happy to record that heretofore
the aims of your activities have been the prevention of malnutrition, and that I
hope, at a not far distant time, it will not be necessary to look upon these from any
other aspect.
Personally, I believe that money spent on the special nutrition surveys which
have been talked about, could more profitably be spent on shortening the intervals
at which ordinary inspections are undertaken.
Once more I would like to put on record the measure of co-operation there is
in Barking. Doctors, Health Visitors, School Nurses and Sanitary Inspectors,
all form one large but not too large family, and on the other hand the School
Attendance and Investigation Officers, under the direction of Mr. Compton, are in
the closest contact with these officers, so that altogether there is always a unit at
the disposal of head-teachers and others who are responsible for seeing that children
who may or do require free meals are brought within the purview of the Services
you have provided to this end.
(b) Milk.—In addition to free meals as such, free milk is given in certain cases
and in this way 44,100 bottles of milk were distributed during 1935.
The milk provided is subject, from time to time, to bacteriological and other
analysis, and during the year has been found invariably of standard quality.
In my last Annual Report I dealt with this subject from two or three aspects, and
find it unnecessary to add to what I wrote on that occasion.
(12) CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND VOLUNTARY BODIES.
I have already referred to the large measure of co-ordination which has been
achieved in Barking by the ready co-operation of the various officers, etc., who are
interested in the health of school-children. I can only repeat how much, personally,
I owe to the head-teachers and their staffs, and to the other officers who, working
together, have enabled the work to be carried out, not only with a measure of
success, but also with that smoothness of running which is an indication of
efficiency.

Table: Particularly, I would call attention to the need for open playing grounds at some distance from the schools themselves, so that exercises may be undertaken freely with no thought of attendant noise interfering with the ordinary class-work of the children.

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Particularly, I would call attention to the need for open playing grounds at some distance from the schools themselves, so that exercises may be undertaken freely with no thought of attendant noise interfering with the ordinary class-work of the children.

School	No. of children who remain at school for mid-day meal	Whether facilities exist for heating of children's meals	Whether facilities exist for the drying of children's clothes and boots
Bifrons—Senior Boys	—	—	Cloakrooms heated (in winter only).
Senior Girls	—	Yes, at domestic science centre.	”
Cambell—Senior Boys	—	No	”
Senior Girls	—	Yes, at domestic science centre.	”
Junior Mixed	—	No	”
Infants	—	”	”
C. of E.—Boys	—	”	School fires (in winter only).
Girls	—	”	”
Infants	—	”	”
Dawson—Junior Boys	19	”	Cloakrooms heated (in winter only).
Junior Girls	18	”	”
Infants	—	”	”
Dorothy Barley— Junior Boys	1	”	”
Junior Girls	—	”	”
Infants	—	”	”
Eastbury—Senior Boys	—	”	”
Senior Girls	—	Yes, at domestic science centre.	Yes, at domestic science centre. Cloakrooms heated (in winter only).
Infants	12	No
Erkenwald—Senior Boys	—	ff	”
Senior Girls	—	Yes, at domestic science centre.	Yes, at domestic science centre. Cloakrooms heated (in winter only).
Faircross—Mixed	All children stay at school for mid-day meal, the food being supplied from Municipal Kitchen.	Yes	Yes
Gascoigne—Senior Boys	—	No	School fires and central heating (in winter only).
Junior Mixed	—	”	”
Infants	—	”	”
Monteagle—Junior Boys	—	”	Cloakrooms heated (in winter only).
Junior Girls	—	”	”
Infants	—	”	”

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Table: Particularly, I would call attention to the need for open playing grounds at some distance from the schools themselves, so that exercises may be undertaken freely with no thought of attendant noise interfering with the ordinary class-work of the children.