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In November, 1933, the number of children having milk in
school including free milk supplied to necessitous cases, was 3,244
(23.7 per cent. of the children on the school rolls). On the 28th
September, 1934, when the price was still one-penny, the number
was 3,200 (23 per cent.).
On the 7th October, at the end of the first week during which
the price was one halfpenny, the number of children having milk
had risen to 9,700 (69 per cent.), while by the end of October a
further increase to 10,380 (73.8 per cent. of all the children) was
recorded. This final increase, it may be mentioned, was mainly
due to four schools commencing a milk scheme for the first time,
with the result that milk is now supplied in all of the elementary
schools in the Borough.
By the end of the year the number of children having milk
had decreased to 8,822 (62.7 per cent.), but this decrease was
anticipated, and was due in the main to some of the children
tiring of the novelty of the scheme and to the usual decline in the
number having milk which is experienced on the approach of the
colder weather.
The number of children supplied with milk under Sections
82-85 of the Education Act, 1921, during the year was as follows :—
Number of children for whom a supply of milk was
approved, 1st January, 1934 537
Number of children for whom a supply of milk was
approved, 31st December, 1934 896
Daily average number of children who received a supply
of milk 572
Total number of bottles of milk supplied 120,030
Cost of milk supplied £411
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
The return of all the exceptional children in the area (Table III,
page 98) indicates under each heading the children who suffer
from blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis,
crippling, or heart disease. The return indicates the number
in each category who are being maintained at Certified Schools
and who attend public elementary schools, etc. The figures are