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Health Department personnel are becoming more involved in
team teaching than hitherto.
Individual health education is carried out in schools by
the school health staff on occasions such as medical examinations,
dental inspections and visits to schools in an advisory capacity.
Parents and children seek help in this way.
School Milk and Meals Service
There is close collaboration between the Environmental
Health Section and the School Heals Service in order to ensure continued
high standards of hygiene. Equipment is continually improved and the
quality of the meals is good. The provision of milk and meals in
school is very valuable, particularly to those children whose mothers
are in employment, and the following figures are of interest:

Deaths of School Children
During the year notifications were received in respect of
the deaths of five children of school age resident in the borough.
The causes of death were as follows: