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A scheme, suggested originally by the National Milk Publicity
Council, and which had been introduced into various schools in
other areas, was tried during the year in Croydon. By this scheme
a third of a pint of pasteurised milk is delivered in bottles daily for
each child in school whose parents are willing to pay a penny per
bottle. The scheme is working smoothly and continuous throughout
the year and has undoubtedly had beneficial results. At the
end of 1931, some 9,000 penny bottles per day were being delivered
at the schools, an increase of 272 over 1930. A total of 946,000
bottles of milk containing a third of a pint were supplied to school
children during the year. This supply is available for all elementary
school children irrespective of any medical recommendation.
1930. 1931.
Number of Children who received Free Dinners 329 327
,, Free Dinners provided 24,986 22,380
pints pints
No. of Ghildren who received Free Milk 122—11,241 101—9,816
,, ,, Milk (part payment) 37— 2,663 27—1,732
,, Milk (whole payment) 44— 3,145 31—1,707
issues issues
„ „ Free Malt 17— 1,319 22—1,413
,, ,, Malt (whole payment) 40— 2,990 38—2,762
synopsis of hygiene teaching in public
elementary schools in croydon.
The teaching of Hygiene is laid down by the Board of
Education as a part of the instruction in all elementary schools.
All schools have a written syllabus which embodies the actual
principles and subject matter to be taught; the actual syllabus
varies as between school and school. The responsibility for the
teaching is not confined to the Head Teacher, as each class teacher
is responsible for the proper inculcation of good habits in the
children under his or her immediate care.
Although the teaching of Hygiene is on the curriculum, there
is no systematic course taken, the methods and extent of the
teaching varying widely in different schools. The great majority
of the teachers are keen about the health of the children under
their care and very observant of incipient defects. It seems that
systematic teaching is not universally undertaken because the