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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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There was an increase in the percentage of children having
milk as ascertained on the 1st October last year compared with the
two previous years. This increase was due to the issue previously
of leaflets to the parents extolling the virtues of milk as a food.
The total number of children having milk in school on the 1st
October, 1937, has been sub-divided in the following table to show
the number of children and the percentage in the various departments.
The table indicates that over three-quarters of the children
in the schools for infants were receiving milk.
Number and Percentage of Children having Milk on the 1st October, 1937.
| No. of school departments in group. | No. of children on registers. | 1 No. having milk. | Percentage having milk 1/10/37 .1/10/36 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Mixed | 1 | 460 | 116 | 25.2 | _ |
| Senior Boys | 7 | 2,132 | 957 | 43.8 | 37.3 |
| Senior Girls | 6 | 2,147 | 988 | 46.0 | 45.2 |
| Mixed | 1 | 356 | 235 | 66.0 | 49.7 |
| Junior Mixed | 12 | 4,758 | 2,823 | 59.4 | 52.7 |
| Junior Mixed and Infants | 10 | 3,637 | 2,576 | 70.8 | 64.8 |
| Infants | 12 | 4,219 | 3,292 | 78.0 | 67.1 |
| 49 | 17,709 | 10,987 | 62.0 | 55.0 | |
The number of children supplied with milk free of charge
under Sections 82—85 of the Education Act, 1921, were as follows:—
Number of children for whom a supply of milk was
approved 1st January, 1937 1,057
Number of children for whom a supply of milk was
approved, 31st December, 1937 1,377
Daily average number of children who received a supply
milk 1,004
Total number of bottles of milk supplied 191,813
Cost of milk supplied £395