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CHILD GUIDANCE.
All cases requiring treatment at the Child Guidance Clinic are
referred to the local hospital Psychiatric Departments.
Nineteen cases were referred for treatment during 1951.
MILK IN SCHOOLS.
There is no change to report in the arrangements for the provision
of milk during 1951.
A return to the Ministry of Education showed that on a single
day in October, the percentage of pupils receiving milk, based on
the number in attendance at Primary and Secondary Schools, was
84.97%.
SCHOOL MEALS SERVICE.
Due to the increasing necessity for economy in all services, it has
only been possible during the year to carry out minor improvements
in the School Meals Service. The majority of canteens have now
been fitted with sterilizing sinks, and much needed storage accommodation
has been provided at the Grammar School for Girls and
Burnt Ash School Canteens.
The kitchen to serve 750 meals daily being built at Southborough
County Primary School in conjunction with the new Junior Department,
is in course of construction, but it is unlikely that it will be
available for use until the latter part of 1952.
Plans have been approved for a kitchen to serve 600 meals daily,
and a dining room to accommodate 324 infants in two sittings at the
proposed new school at Pickhurst Lane, and it is hoped that construction
will start during 1952.
In September, an additional dining centre was opened at the
Technical Institute, " Springhill," College Road, where approximately
90 full-time students are now receiving a mid-day meal. The meals
are supplied by container servicc from Princes Plain School Canteen.
The Ministry of Education found it necessary, from 1st April,
1951. to increase from 6d. to 7d. the charge for meals to all pupils,
except those in Nursery Classes. This increase led to a slight falling
off in numbers, but, due, presumably, to the increased cost of living,
numbers rose again and towards the end of the year an average of
6,477 meals daily was being served. A return to the Ministry of
Education showed that on a single day in October, 75.48% of the
pupils in attendance at Primary and Secondary Schools received a
mid-day meal,