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THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
Year ending 31st December, 1934,
ON THE
PROVISION OF MEALS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN
WILLESDEN.
Feeding Centres.—Meals have been supplied at the four feeding centres under the control
of the Education Committee, namely :—Gibbons Road, Furness Road, Strode Road and Lower Place,
and at one voluntary centre at Granville Road. Dinners are taken from Gibbons Road Feeding
Centre to Oldfield Road Physically Defective School, and from Furness Road Feeding Centre to
Leinster Mentally Defective School, College Road.
Dinners are served in the main hall at each school.
On February 3rd, 1934, the feeding of school children on seven days a week, instead of on five
days as heretofore, was commenced in the four feeding centres controlled by the Education Committee.
Breakfasts.—The practice of serving breakfasts has been continued throughout the year
at Carlton Vale School House, and on April 30th, 1934, breakfasts were commenced at all Education
Committee's centres, and also at the Granville Road Voluntary Centre.
The Corporation of Willesden decided to raise the economic scale 1s. per head on April 1st, 1934,
and to allow all children in receipt of free dinners also to receive free breakfasts. The breakfasts
consist of cocoa made with dried milk, brown or white bread and vitamin margarine with jam or
marmalade, or currant bread and vitamin margarine.
Staffing.—The staff employed at each of the Feeding Centres is approximately one assistant
to every 50 children fed.
Selection of Children.—Recommendations are accepted as heretofore from School Teachers'
Health Nurses, and the Medical Staff, subject to review by investigation of the economic circumstances
of the family. The total number of new application forms presented to the Education Committee's
Centres throughout the year was 706.
Recommendations are no longer received from the Local Public Assistance Officers as the
arrangement made between the Public Assistance Committee and the Willesden Education Authority
to pay Is. per head per week, or part of a week for each child fed on their recommendation ceased to
operate on 25th March, 1933.
Kilburn Feeding Centre Dinners.—The children of the South Kilburn area are fed at the
Voluntary Centre established at the Presbyterian Mission Hall, Granville Road.
A change has been made with regard to the serving of the meals. The first course is now served
in earthenware soup plates instead of the old shallow enamel ones, and one spoon is now supplied for
each course. The menu has been revised, and the children now receive the same 15-day menu as
that in operation at the Education Committee's Centre, with the exception of the roast and boiled
meat dinners. This revised menu commenced on 2nd April, 1934. The price per meal was raised
from 4d. to 5d. on 13th November, 1923.
Extra supervision has been supplied at the dinner centre on account of the greatly increased
numbers, and the behaviour of the children has improved, although they still have to hurry through
their meal, and scramble out of their seat as soon as they have finished, in order to make room for
the newcomers, thereby making a constant stream of children through the dining room.
Kilburn Breakfasts.—The provision of breakfasts at Carlton Vale School House has been
continued throughout the year, the arrangement being carried out by the caretaker.
Breakfasts have been given on six days a week instead of 5 days a week as heretofore as from
April 30th, 1934.
Breakfasts have also been supplied at the Voluntary Centre, Granville Road, on five days a
week as from April 30th, 1934.
The price paid per meal is 3d.