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1965 1964 1963 1962
Delivery of Goods for Shopkeepers 57 39 33 28
Delivery of Newspapers 202 222 244 320
Delivery of Milk 5 4 6 6
Shop Assistants 83 81 42 64
Examined by Surrey C. C.
1.1.65 to 31.3.65 47
Provision of Meals and Milk
During 1965 all milk was supplied free of charge and approximately
34,100 children per day received one-third of a pint each
in Maintained Schools. This was equal to 62% of children attending
in Secondary Schools, and 93% in Junior Schools, and Infants
98%.
Since 1st September, 1957, milk has also been supplied by
the Education Commmttee to children in the Non-Maintained
Schools in accordance with instructions from the Ministry of
Education. Approximately 7,000 bottles per day are supplied to
the Non-Maintained Schools.
All milk supplied is pasteurised, and the sources of supply
are subject to the approval and constant supervision of the
Medical Officer of Health.
The number of meals supplied daily to children during 1965
was approximately 28,000.
Cost of Milk and Meals
Meals and Milk cost £561,909. Income from payment for meals
was £193,367, making a net cost of £368,542, on which grant is
paid of 100 per cent. on approved expenditure.
Causes of Death in School children
Prom the weekly returns of the local Registrar and from the
inward transfers, it is possible to abstract the causes of death
of all schoolchildren. There were 13 in 1965 equal to a death
rate for this group of 0.257 per thousand.
The details were:-
Accidental 4
Cancer 3
Cirrhosis of the liver 1
Epilepsy 1
Primary pulmonary hypertension 1
Progressive muscular atrophy (Werdnig Hoffmann
syndrome) 1