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The scheme has been operated in every Department in
Walthamstow, and no review of the scheme would be complete
without an acknowledgment to Head Teachers and the
school staffs generally. The operation of the scheme has
necessitated a great deal of extra work, but it is obvious that
the whole scheme would have been unworkable without their
co-operation.
The scheme has undoubtedly done a great deal to combat
the ill-effects of malnutrition, and it would be little short of
a calamity if it were allowed to lapse.
The continued co-operation of the Head Teachers is
earnestly sought, and in particular to try and increase the
number of children receiving milk. This is the more obvious
when the drop from 69 per cent. in October, 1934, to 53 per
cent. in October, 1935, is borne in mind.
An analysis of returns for individual departments shows
that only four showed an increase in the total number of
children receiving milk either in March or October, 1935,
over October, 1934. The four departments were George
Gascoigne Girls', Coppermill Road Infants', Blackhorse Road
Infants' and Winns Avenue Infants'. Unfortunately, even
these departments, however, showed a drop between March
and October, 1935.
On the other hand, twenty-five departments showed an
increased consumption in October, 1935, as compared with
March, 1935, but as the main summary shows, this was not
sufficient to prevent the steady reduction in the total number
of children receiving milk in the Borough generally.
The returns show that the central and senior departments
have supported the scheme surprisingly well.
The following particulars with regard to the operation of
the scheme in England and Wales and in certain specific areas
are given as a matter of interest:—
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