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Board, some 13,000 bottles of milk, containing one-third of a
pint, are delivered daily at the schools at a cost of ½d. per bottle.
This supply is available for all elementary school children irrespective
of any medical recommendation.
1936.
1936.
No. of Children who received Free Dinners 431 464
,, Free Dinners provided 53,407 53,633
No. of Children who received pints pints
Free Milk 129—12,439 161-16,876
,, ,, Milk (part payment) 20—1,094 39—2,941
,, ,, Milk (whole payment) 29—883 15—1,987
issues
issues
Free Malt 18—2,014 37—4,069
,, ,, Malt (whole payment) 23—2,653 45—5,178
As an experiment the Committee, during the Midsummer and
Christmas vacations, provided facilities at the Free Dinner Centres
for children to receive milk under the Milk Marketing Board's
scheme at a cost of ½d. per one-third of a pint. In the Midsummer
vacation, the experiment was to some extent justified, 9,280 bottles
being sold during twenty-five days, but only 579 bottles were sold
during seven days of the Christmas holidays.
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S SPECIAL SCHOOL.
I am indebted to Mr. H. J. Edmonds, the Head Master, for
the following report.
1936 has been a memorable at St. Christopher's.
Permission to extend the accommodation was received from the
Board of Education, and at once all children on the waiting list
were admitted. The accommodation of the School is now 120, and
actually 126 children were on the School Boll on December 31st,
1936. During the year, 40 childen were admitted and 20 children
left the School. The Staff now consists of the Head Teacher and
five assistant teachers.
With the admission of so many new scholars, many details of
organisation have had to be revised, but all children have now
settled down, and all are working to the full mental limits. Special
efforts have been taken in the teaching of Beading: the whole school
has been graded in Beading Classes, and very satisfactory progress
has been made. Some very fine models in Woodwork have been
made by the Senior boys and it is hoped to hold an exhibition of
these models early in 1937.