View report page

164
of course, it is already obvious that the malnutrition is due
to conditions in which the Local Education Authority's meals
will be of no use.
(2) Cases of doubt as to the propriety of keeping any
child (whether selected as a result of medical inspection or
otherwise) on the feeding-list should be referred to him for
report before the decision is taken.
(3) Cases of the temporary exclusion from the feedinglist
of children who are temporarily excluded on medical
grounds from school attendance should be notified to him.
(4) He should periodically inspect the registers of the
attendance at meals, both as regards the attendance generally
and as regards the attendance of individual children with
whose cases he has previously been concerned.
(5) He should approve the dietary.
(6) He should satisfy himself of the hygienic conditions
of the feeding centres.
(7) He should supervise the quality, quantity, cooking
and service of the food.
(8) He should attempt to form and to record a judgment
upon the effects of the proceedings taken under the Act upon
the physical well-being of the children, both generally and
as regards individual cases."
The provision of meals is really an ameliorative measure
for the improvement of the health of the children and as
such its administration should be closely associated with ;he
School Medical Service.