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PROVISION OF MEALS.
The arrangements for the provision of meals are the same as described in
last year's report.
The number of free dinners provided during 1933 were:—
At St. Michael's Hall 50,182
At Pymmes Park 69,906
Making a total of 120,088 as against 112.908 in 1932.
The number of individual children fed was 558 and the cost per meal was
3.66 pence.
The amount of milk provided free was 9,694 pints, whilst 14,541 pints
were paid for by parents.
There are no schemes organised by voluntary agencies for the provision
of milk or other meals.
CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS.. ETC.
This is described in the report for the previous year.
Parents were present at routine medical inspection in the following percentage
figures:—
For Entrants 78
For Intermediates 66
For Leavers 43
I should like to see the parents more strenuous in making their children
attend the Clinics during the holidays, more especially the Dental Clinic.
Appointments made at the latter Clinics during holiday time are badly
kept: on an average about one-third of the children turn up, and in order
that the time of the dentist should not be wasted, a much larger number of
appointments have to be made.
It certainly suggests that parental discipline is lacking, and that the
younger generation get their own way, unfortunately to their own detriment.