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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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293
JUVENILE EMPLOYMENT RETURN

Table: The following numbers of children were examined by the medical officers during 1938 as to their fitness to follow the part-time employment indicated.

The following numbers of children were examined by the medical officers during 1938 as to their fitness to follow the part-time employment indicated.

19381937.19361935.1934.
Delivery of Goods for Shopkeepers33417215120896
Delivery of Newspapers265245245285190
Delivery of Milk6831434234
667448439535320

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It will be observed that there has been an increase of 162 in
the delivery of goods for shopkeepers; of 20 in the delivery of
newspapers, and of 37 in the delivery of milk.
Forty-five girls were medically examined and subsequently
licensed by the Education Authority to take part in public entertainments.
THE PROVISION OF MEALS AND MILK AND COD LIVER
OIL AND MALT.
The arrangements for the provision of meals for necessitous
children have been continued during the past year. Children are
provided with free dinners at the Domestic Subjects Centres of the
following schools:—Davidson, Ecclesbourne, Elmwood, Howard,
Ingram, Kingsley, Sydenham, Tavistock and Waddon. Milk and
cod-liver oil and malt are also provided in school for children
suffering from malnutrition. Recommendations for extra nourishment
are made by the School Medical Officers, Teachers, School
Enquiry Officers and Care Committees. Re-examinations are made
every three months, if practicable, by the medical officers in cases
referred on medical grounds, when renewal or discontinuance is
decided on.
The scheme originally suggested by the National Milk Publicity
Council has been working smoothly, and has undoubtedly had beneficial
results. By arrangement with the Milk Marketing Board,
some 14,000 bottles of milk, containing one-third of a pint, are