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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Municipal Restaurant and to Faircross School. Not far short of
100,000 meals are thus provided during the year, the far greater
proportion of which are mid-day dinners.
The problem of catering for children who stay behind at your
ordinary school for their mid-day meal does not arise to any
significant extent in Barking, except, of course, at Faircross and at
Castle School, a'^hough a relatively large number do so stay behind
at St. Mary's and St. Ethelburga's, and at St. Joseph's School.
In the table given below, details of this matter are set out.
| School. | No. of children who do not return home for mid-day meal. | Whethe facilities exist for heating of children's meals. | Whether facilities exist for the drying of children's clothes and boots. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Modern— | 40 | Yes | Yes | |
| C. of E. | Boys | - | No | School fires in winter only. |
| Girls | - | „ | „ | |
| Infants | - | „ | „ | |
| Ripple— | Boys | - | „ | „ |
| Girls | - | „ | ||
| Infants | - | „ | „ | |
| Catholic | Mixed | 18-20 | „ | |
| Infants (St. Josephs) | 30 | Yes | „ | |
| Gascoigne | Boys | 8 | No | „ |
| Girls | - | „ | „ | |
| Infants | - | „ | „ | |
| Westbury | Boys | 7 | „ | |
| Girls | - | ,, | ||
| Infants | - | „ | „ | |
| North Street- | Boys | 10 | „ | „ |
| Girls | 1 | „ | „ | |
| Infants | - | „ | „ | |
| Castle— | 20 | Small stove in teachers' private room. | „ | |
| Faircross- | All children stay at school for mid-day meal, the food being supplied from Municipal Kitchen | Yes | Yes | |