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Willesden 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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(•i) 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.
(C) Article 4 of the Regulations under which grants-in-aid
will be paid as follows:—
In distributing the grant the Board will take into consideration—
(a) The extent to which the work is co-ordinated with
that of the School Medical Service;
(b) The care exercised in the selection of the children
for admission to the meals;
(c) The sufficiency and suitability of the dietary;
(d) The extent to which attention is given to the
educational aspect of the work;
(e) The suitability of the accommodation and equipment
and the efficiency of the service and supervision of
the meals;
(ƒ) The completeness of the arrangements made for
ascertaining and recording the effect of the meals
on the physical and mental condition of the children ;
(g) The economical administration of the work.