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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
Southall 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The percentage of meals served to daily attendances during the Autumn Term gives a guide to the use being made of the School Meals Service during the year.
| School | Autumn Term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average % of Attendance taking meals | Average Number taking meals | Average attendance | ||||
| 1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | |
| Primary Schools: | ||||||
| Beaconsfield Road Junior Mixed | 39 | 40 | 114 | 118 | 294 | 294 |
| Beaconsfield Road Infants' | 51 | 42 | 95 | 82 | 186 | 196 |
| Clifton Road Junior Mixed | 43 | 46 | 70 | 67 | 163 | 146 |
| Clifton Road Infants' | 45 | 43 | 65 | 51 | 144 | 119 |
| Dormers Wells Junior Mixed | 65 | 61 | 131 | 124 | 201 | 203 |
| Dormers Wells Infants' | 61 | 66 | 88 | 89 | 144 | 134 |
| Featherstone Road Junior Mixed | 44 | 41 | 126 | 118 | 284 | 289 |
| Featherstone Road Infants' | 46 | 45 | 98 | 103 | 215 | 228 |
| George Tomlinson Junior Mixed | 69 | 65 | 120 | 141 | 173 | 216 |
| George Tomlinson Infants' | 45 | 50 | 45 | 58 | 101 | 115 |
| Lady Margaret Junior Mixed | 54 | 55 | 166 | 161 | 309 | 291 |
| Lady Margaret Infants' | 46 | 42 | 107 | 91 | 235 | 215 |
| North Road Junior Mixed & Infants' | 56 | 55 | 222 | 213 | 396 | 384 |
| St. Anselm's R.C. | 79 | 77 | 306 | 302 | 386 | 393 |
| Tudor Road Junior Mixed | 41 | 47 | 138 | 146 | 334 | 312 |
| Tudor Road Infants' | 41 | 35 | 80 | 70 | 196 | 201 |
| Secondary Schools: | ||||||
| Southall Grammar | - | 57 | - | 343 | - | 597 |
| Southall Grammar/Technical | 48 | -† | 417 | —† | 871 | —† |
| Dormers Wells Boys' | 39 | 37 | 191 | 203 | 487 | 549 |
| Dormers Wells Girls' | 59 | 56 | 281 | 287 | 474 | 513 |
| Featherstone Road Boys' | 38 | 44 | 233 | 273 | 621 | 615 |
| Western Road Girls' | 49 | 45 | 209 | 198 | 428 | 437 |
| Grammar/Technical* | — | 37 | — | 126 | — | 339 |
| Special Schools: | ||||||
| Talbot Road | 100 | 97 | 203 | 204 | 203 | 210 |
It is interesting and pleasing to report an annual increase in the percentage of children taking school meals:—
| Year | Autumn Term |
|---|---|
| 1958 | 43.69 |
| 1959 | 46.51 |
| 1960 | 50.67 |
| 1961 | 50.95 |
| 1962 | 51.21 |