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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.
1937. 1938.
No. of Children who received Free Dinners 524 660
„ Free Dinners provided 67,357 86,743
No. of Children who received, on the recommendation of the School
Medical Officer:—
1937. 1938.
Pints. Pints.
Free Milk 656-56,375 1,340—127,414
Milk (part payment) 32—1,722 12—447
Milk (whole payment) 56—2,705 9—104
Issues. Issues.
Free Malt 192—15,011 210—22,198
Malt (whole payment) 74—3,377 12—642
(N.B.—Milk and malt and oil given on the recommendation of the School
Medical Officer are supplied free of cost; voluntary payments, however,
are accepted from the parents.)
The amounts supplied, as will be seen from the figures, shows
a very substantial increase on 1937.
The Committee continued, during the Easter, Whitsun, Midsummer
and Christmas Vacations, to provide 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, 7,997 bottles were sold; 1,179 bottles
were supplied during the Easter Vacation, and 1,285 during the
Christmas Vacation.
All the milk supplied is Pasteurised milk and the sources of
supply are subject to the approval of, and constant supervision by,
the Medical Officer of Health.
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S SPECIAL SCHOOL.
This school is for dull and backward children and those who
have been certified as educationally mentally defective but educable.
I am indebted to Mr. H. J. Edmonds, the Headmaster, for
the following report:—
"The past year may be looked upon as one of very definite
progress.