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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| First Week. | Second Week. | |
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| Tuesday. | Lentil and Tomato Roast. Potatoes and Brown Gravy. Custard and Stewed Gooseberries. | Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding. Potatoes and Greens. Raw Fruit. |
| Wednesday. | Roast Leg of Mutton. Potatoes. Flageolets. Raw Fruit Salad. | Egg and Cheese Salad. Bread and Butter. Boiled Apple Pudding. |
| Thursday. | Dutch Roll. Greens and Potatoes. Boiled Raisin Pudding. | Stewed Steak and Savoury Balls. Thick Brown Gravy and Carrots. Baked Bread Pudding. |
| Friday. | Salmon Salad. Potatoes. Eve's Pudding. | Baked Fish. Potatoes and Beans and Parsley Sauce. Ground Rice Pudding and Stewed Plums. |
| Saturday. | Steak and Kidney Pie. Potatoes and Greens. Fruit Mould. | Baked Sausages and Onions. Tomatoes and Potatoes. Lemon Pudding. |
| Sunday. | Roast Beef. Yorkshire Pudding. Greens, Potatoes. Raw Fruit. | Roast Mutton. Greens and Potatoes. Stewed Gooseberries and Custard. |
| Monday. | Shepherds Pie and Haricots. Rice Pudding. | Mixed Vegetable Soup. Baked Ginger Pudding and Treacle Sauce. |
| Tuesday. | Irish Stew. Peas. Eve's Pudding. | Dutch Roll. Greens and Potatoes. Boiled Apple Pudding. |
| Wednesday. | Vienna Steaks. Mashed Turnips and Potatoes. Ground Rice Pudding. | Roast Beef and Suet Pudding. Potatoes and Greens. Apples or Figs. |
| Thursday. | Toad in the Hole. Greens and Potatoes. Stewed Plums and Custard. | Stewed Steak and Savoury Balls. Thick Brown Gravy and Carrots. Baked Bread Pudding. |
| Friday. | Lentil Soup. Boiled Raisin Pudding. | Baked Fish, Parsley Sauce. Potatoes and Butter Beans. Jam Roly Poly. |
| Saturday. | Steak and Kidney Pudding. Potatoes and Parsnips. Raw Fruit. | Baked Sausages and Onions. Tomatoes and Potatoes. Rice Pudding |
These meals can be supplied at 7d. a day to any elementary school child. During December
119 necessitous children received dinners free, 9 at quarter cost, and 4 at half cost.
(b). Milk.
On the 1st October, 1935 (the date of the Board's Return-Form 208.M.) 5,275 children were
having milk daily at school. One hundred and twenty of these were having milk free, and 5,155
were paying part or full cost.
12—CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OFFICERS AND VOLUNTARY BODIES.
Every effort is made to secure the co-operation of parents in the work of the doctors,
dentists and nurses. Parents are invited to attend all routine medical inspections and during 1935
a parent or other relative attended in 3,131 instances, representing 80.7 per cent.
Parents are urged also to attend the Treatment Clinics and it is gratifying to find that an
increasing number of parents do attend and show their desire to obtain, and assist in the treatment
of their children.
The assistance given by teachers is of the greatest value to the School Medical Service.
They make all arrangements for routine medical inspections, and help us considerably in referring
cases to the Clinics, by ensuring regular attendance there, and in their reports on backward and
defective children. It is realised that this assistance involves considerable trouble and is frequently
given when time is short.
The Attendance Officers are able to render considerable assistance to the School Medical
Service, and frequently refer children who are brought to their notice on account of alleged
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