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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Number and Percentage of Children having Milk on the
1st October, 1936.
| No. of school departments in group. | No. of children on registers. | No. having milk | Percentage having milk. 1/10/36 1/10/35 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Boys | 8 | 2,225 | 830 | 37.3 | 42.2 |
| Senior Girls | 7 | 1,974 | 892 | 45.2 | 44.0 |
| Mixed. | 3 | 1,165 | 559 | 49.7 | 45.4 |
| Junior Mixed | 9 | 3,319 | 1,750 | 52.7 | 55.8 |
| Junior Mixed and Infants | 9 | 3,185 | 2,062 | 64.8 | 66.4 |
| Infants | 11 | 3,609 | 2,423 | 67.1 | 66.7 |
| Total | 47 | 15,477 | 8,516 | 55.0 | 56.1 |
The number of children supplied with milk free of charge under Sections 82—85 of the Education Act, 1921, was as follows:
| Number of children for whom a supply of milk was approved, 1st January, 1936 | 986 |
| Number of children for whom a supply of milk was approved, 31st December, 1936 | 1,057 |
| Daily average number of children who received a supply of milk | 840 |
| Total number of bottles of milk supplied | 178,917 |
| Cost of milk supplied | £372 |
The new arrangements for the medical supervision of all
children having milk at the cost of the Education Committee were
given in the report for last year. New cases are medically examined
before a supply of milk is authorised and all children having milk
free are seen by the Medical Officer annually at the time routine
medical inspection is conducted at the school.
At the present time an enquiry is being carried out to determine
the need, if any, for extending the scheme for the feeding of school
children, consideration being given to the physical evidences of
lack of proper food and the economic circumstances of the family.