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The Health Visitors impress upon the mothers the necessity
for immunization as soon as the children reach the age of one year.
The majority of entrants to the Infant Departments are therefore
already immunized when they commence school.
MILK AND MEALS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
At routine medical inspection in the schools and at the Health
Centres the drinking of milk by school children is strongly recommended
to the parents. The milk is supplied in one-third pints
at the cost of id. or at half cost or free of charge according to the
level of the family income in the sliding scale approved by the Board
of Education.
The following figures supplied by the Director of Education
show the number of children receiving milk on a day in October,
Number of children on roll 16,900
Number of children receiving free milk 436
Number of children paying for milk 10,980
At the end of the year the Director of Education estimated
that 27% of the children on the school rolls were receiving meals.
The meals are provided at a cost of 6d. to the parents or
half price or free of charge according to the level of the family
income in the same way as the school milk.
The following figures supplied by the Director of Education
show the number of children who were receiving meals on a day in
October, 1943 :
Number of children on roll 16,900
Number of children receiving free meals 179
Number of children paying for meals 4,920
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Medical inspection was carried out as in former years on behalf
of the Middlesex Education Committee in the five County Schools
in the Borough. The extended scheme of treatment to include
minor ailments came into operation on 1st April.
During the year 1,003 routine inspections and 32 re-inspections
were made at the Schools.
Ophthalmic treatment was given to 154 pupils and for 118 of
those glasses were prescribed and 114 were supplied through the
school medical department before the end of the year.