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Provision of Milk,
The scheme of the Milk Marketing Board for supplying
milk to school children came into force on the 1st October,
1934, and replaced the scheme of the National Milk
Publicity Council which had been working for some years.
Under the new scheme the price of milk was reduced from
one penny to one halfpenny per bottle of one third of a
pint.
A condition of the scheme is that the source and quality
of the milk must be approved by the Medical Officer of
Health. In Finchley, the whole of the milk now supplied to
the children is pasteurized and therefore can be considered
to be safe. Much credit is due to the Head Teachers for the
enthusiasm with which they have entered into the working
of the scheme which undoubtedly entails a considerable
amount of extra work. There can be no doubt that from the
health point of view the scheme is excellent and few parents
should miss this opportunity of providing their children with
the best of all foods at so little cost. It is satisfactory to
know that by the end of the year more than 70% of the
children were taking advantage of the scheme.
School Baths.
The Council's baths in Squires Lane are available for
the use of the children of all the elementary schools, and
during the year 20,090 attendances were made by 1,602
children.
Co-operation of Parents.
Parents are invited to be present when their children
are being examined at routine inspections, and the interest
that is taken in medical inspection is shown by the following
table, which gives the percentage of parents attending during
the last six vears.
79