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THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
for the
Year ending 31st December, 1938,
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 the Gibbons Road feeding
centre to Oldfield Road Physically Defective School, and to the Oldfield Road Infants School, and
from Furness Road feeding centre to Leinster Mentally Defective School, College Road. Dinners
are served in the main hall at each school. A new feeding centre with seating accommodation for
140 was opened at Gibbons Road on 26th July, 1937. On 3rd February, 1934, the feeding of school
children on seven days a week instead of on five days a week, 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. On 30th April, 1934, breakfasts were commenced at all the Education
Committee's Centres, and also at the Granville Road Voluntary Centre.
The Corporation of Willesden decided to raise the economic scale 1/- per head on 1st April,
1934, and to allow all children in receipt of free dinners to receive free breakfasts. The breakfasts
consist of cocoa made with milk, brown or white bread and butter with jam or marmalade or currant
bread and butter.
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 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 application forms presented to the Education Committee's Centres
throughout the year was 1,346.
Kilburn Feeding Centre Dinners.—The children of South Kilburn area are fed at the
Voluntary Centre established at the Presbyterian Mission Hall, Granville Road.
Kilburn Breakfasts.—Breakfasts have also been supplied at the Voluntary Centre, Granville
Road, on five days a week, as from 30th April, 1934.
The total number of application forms received from the South Kilburn area for the year was
450.
Meals.—A 15-day menu was commenced in all feeding centres on 2nd April, 1934.
This provides two soup dinners, two cheese, one fish, one roast and one boiled meat, two stews,
three pie or pudding, and three minced meat dinners, each being followed by a pudding or stewed
fruit and custard.
Fresh fruit is served once each week.
The price charged per meal by the Local Authority to non-necessitous cases is 5d.
Milk.—The provision of one-third-pint of milk to all children who are receiving free meals
was commenced on 24th May, 1937. The children drink the milk at school during the mid-morning
recess.
Nursery Schools.—Meals were commenced at the Lower Place Nursery Class on 17th
October, 1938. These meals are supplied from the Lower Place Feeding Centre. Curzon Crescent
Nursery School opened on 28th November, 1938. The necessitous children attending this school
have received free meals and milk from that date.