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Milk sold as pasteurised milk will be examined in future
regularly throughout the course of the year to see that the requisite
standard is not only obtained, but persistently held.
I received applications for approval of the milk supply from
43 Head Teachers. The scheme has caused a tremendous amount
of work for the teachers. This work is all of a voluntary nature,
and as a health authority the thanks of the Council must proceed
to those who have helped to make the scheme the success that it is.
I have no doubt that the knowledge that milk is the best form of
food, and that by drinking this milk the children's health is being
improved, will bring to the teachers a satisfaction that will far
outweigh the work which they have so kindly undertaken.
My only fear is that the propaganda and publicity given to
the scheme at the time of its inception caused many parents to take
advantage of it, and as time goes by they may forget its benefits
and discontinue the milk allowance to their children. I sincerely
hope that my fears will not be fulfilled, and that the decrease in the
number of children receiving milk, which I note at present, may not
be continued. I should like to think that every child in the district
was receiving milk of a good and pure quality regularly every day
in the year, with the exception of those few children who are unable
to take milk with advantage. It must be acknowledged that some
children have an idiosyncrasy to milk and cannot digest and obtain
advantage from it. These children, however, are rare.
I would add that the Education Committee have made arrangements
for the provision of milk in schools free to children where the
income of the family is such that they cannot afford to pay for it.
The scale adopted for this purpose by the Education Committee is
similar to that adopted by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
in granting milk to children under five years of age.
One of the essentials of the scheme is that the milk should be
drunk on the school premises.
CO-OPERATION WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
The co-operation with the Head Teachers has been continued
as in previous years, and the Health Visitors have attended at
Senior Girls' Departments in order to demonstrate to the older
girls the bathing of a baby.
The following work was carried out:—
Miss Newbegin 3 demonstrations at Bush Hill Park
Schools.
Miss Garlick 5 demonstrations at Chesterfield Road.
Mrs. Herbert 2 demonstrations at Lavender Road,
and 2 at Chase Side Schools.