London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Last year you supplied over 100,000 meals to necessitous children, and each
of these meals is not only a meal in itself, but is a glorious opportunity to educate
the young people in the foods all should eat.
It is with regret I have noted how well grounded are the complaints of those
who have to deal with this work that children do not favour the meals they ought
to eat, but rather those meals which may reasonably be said to require little or
no mastication. Perseverance, however, with these children, even though it requires
patience on the part of those undertaking the work and extra money on account
of the extra work involved, should be pursued, until children appreciate the meals
they ought to eat.
At your Public Restaurant many meals are served each day to the public.
Here is another opportunity of making each meal a lesson in itself.