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Maintained schools:
Meals
Pupils present in school 28,850
Pupils taking meals 20,160 - 70%
Milk
Pupils (primary and special)
in school 17,814
Pupils taking milk 16,870 - 95%
Non-maintained schools
Number of schools (primary
only) taking milk 3
Number of children present 262
Number of children taking milk 214 - 82%
Recuperative holidays
During the year, recuperative holidays were
arranged for 42 children
First Aid in schools and colleges
Recommendations were set out in the 1968
report with regard to the ratio of qualified
first aid personnel to staff and pupils in the
schools and colleges of the borough.
In order to attain the desired ratio, two
first aid courses were organised during the
year Twenty two members of staff attended
the courses and all obtained the British Red
Cross certificate which is valid for three
years
Infectious Diseases
The following numbers of cases of infectious
disease are known to have occurred among
school children during the year
Chickenpox 790
German measles 180
Infective jaundice 2
Measles 263
Meningitis 1
Mumps 623
Scarlet fever 42
Tuberculosis
Whooping cough 16
There were no cases of diphtheria or
poliomyelitis. When pulmonary tuberculosis
is found in a pupil or teacher the chest
physician is consulted and where considered
advisable investigations of school contacts
are undertaken School children, between
their thirteenth and fourteenth birthdays are
offered a test for susceptibility to tuberculosis
and BCG vaccination During the year 1471
school children and students received BCG
vaccination.
Health Education in Schools
Mr W Duffy who was appointed Health Educator
in May 1969 has submitted the following report-
'At a meeting held in October 1969, the
director of education and his deputy, the
medical officer of health and his deputy, the
health educator and the headteachers of all
the secondary schools in the borough, decided
to commence a pilot project in health education
at five secondary schools
The project which will commence in January
1970, has been planned from the standpoint of
concepts to be developed and problems to be
solved and it has been formulated according
to known needs resources and social conditions
The health educator will teach at each of
the five schools for half a day of each week,
for a period of six months, and a detailed
evaluation will take place in July 1970
Apart from the health educator other members
of the professional staff of the department gave
lectures in schools and on many occasions films
were shown '
Student Health - Polytechnics.
The borough s student health service was
founded in May 1966 It serves Chiswick and
Isleworth polytechnics These two colleges
have about 1 600 full-time and several thousand
part-time students who are being educated for
occupations as widely ranging as engineering
hairdressing photography, secretarial work
and the health services
Young people and students have many health
and welfare problems specific to adolescence
It has been estimated that some 20% of the
student drop-out rate at polytechnic colleges
in this country is due to health and welfare
causes This represents a loss in skilled
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