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Leyton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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is very unpopular and should be left to the parents to add to the
menu at home. In order to ensure a sufficient supply of milk, all
children receiving free meals should be allowed two bottles of milk
in school.
The appended menu, compiled with the help of Miss Thomas
and Mrs. Hannon, has been tested out for four weeks. I have
eaten 21 of the meals myself and found them to be satisfactory.
Before this menu was finally settled, certain meals which I had
suggested had to be left out because they were found not to
carry well in containers or were not eaten by the children. One
of these unfortunately was the meal with herrings in it. The
appended menu, therefore, has been well tried out and in my opinion
all the meals are quite appetising as well as being nourishing. The
one change which may be required later is an increase in the quantity,
but this would not affect the composition of the meals.
Appended is the list of meals for a four-weeks period.

Table: Appended is the list of meals for a four-weeks period.

Appended is the list of meals for a four-weeks period.

WINTER MENU
First week
1. Mince and onions, greens, potatoes.Fruit sponge pudding.
2. Roast mutton, greens, potatoes, gravy.Stewed fruit and custard.
3. Haricot mutton, mixed carrot and turnip, potatoes.Eccles cake.
4. Liver and bacon, tomatoes, potatoes.Milk pudding and raw fruit.
5. Fish, creamed potatoes, greens.Raisin pudding.
6. Sausages, greens, potatoes.Fruit tart and custard.
Second Week.
1. Stewed steak and kidney, greens, potatoes.Stewed fruit and short pastry.
2. Boiled bacon, pease pudding, carrots and turnips, potatoes.Raw fruit.
3. Roast beef, yorkshire pudding, greens, potatoes and gravy.Oranges.
4. Liver and bacon, tomatoes, potatoes.Sultana sponge.
5. Fish, creamed potatoes, greens.Milk pudding and fruit.
6. Boiled mutton, mixed vegetables, potatoes.Treacle tart.
Third Week.
1. Mince and onions, greens, potatoes.Steamed fruit pudding.
2. Boiled beef, carrots, potatoes.Stewed fruit and short pastry.
3. Roast mutton, greens, potatoes.Milk pudding and raw fruit.
4. Brown stew, mixed vegetables, potatoes.Raw fruit.
5. Fish, creamed potatoes, butter beans or peas.Steamed syrup pudding.
6. Liver and bacon, greens, potatoes.Bananas.