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Inspection.—Visits were made by the medical and other start
to school canteens and kitchens, and suggestions were made from
time to time in order to try to minimise food-borne infection.
The quality of the food supplied, and the standard of cooking
has been maintained at the previous high level.
Routine inspections were carried out by the sanitary inspectorate.
Improvements in the arrangements for the drying of
crockery are gradually taking place, but cloth drying is still practised
to a considerable extent and will continue until such time as
it is possible to provide draining racks and adequate and modern
sterilising sinks or rinsing sinks with very hot water supplies.
Additional hand washing facilities for scholars are very
necessary especially in view of the endemicity of bacillary dysentery.
Milk in Schools Scheme.—The arrangements detailed in
previous reports were continued in 1954. all the milk supplied being
pasteurised milk sold under licence.
Thirteen samples of pasteurised milk were taken by the
sanitary staff for bacteriological examination during the year. All
satisfied the methylene blue and phosphatase tests.
In addition to the above statutory tests, two of the samples
(both from the same school) were examined by the laboratory for
the presence of the Haemolyticus Streptococcus. Both gave negative
results in 10 millilitres.
Sampling for biological tests has been carried out at one local
dairy on delivery of milk from various farms. This dairy supplied
some of the milk to schools.

The importance of parental attendance at medical inspections
cannot be overstressed. It is regrettable, but understandable, that
the percentage should decrease with the increasing age of the ch+ld,
and with the considerable employment of mothers.