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Cost of Milk and Meals.
Milk and meals cost £1,871 2s. 10d.; Income from parents'
contributions, £20 3s. 0d.; giving an actual cost of £1,850
19s. 10d.
There has been an increase in the cost of the actual medical
services rendered in the Public Elementary Schools from 0.54 in
1933 to 0.58 of a penny rate in 1934. The cost of maintenance
Special Schools has risen from 0.51 of a penny rate in 1933 to
1.09 in 1934. The cost of milk and meals has decreased by £439.
The Elementary Schools are now classified under the Hadow
Scheme as Senior, boys, girls and mixed; Junior, boys, girls and
mixed and Infants. The Table below gives the number of schools
and the number of pupils in attendance thereat. The school
population as given by the average number on the registers has
decreased by 804. The average attendance was 91 per cent.
This decrease in the number of children on the school
registers is interesting, as the population of Croydon has increased
from 239,950 to 240,600 (Registrar-General's estimates) over the
same period.

"C."—Council. "N.P."—Non-Provided.