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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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WELFARE - SCHOOL CHILDREN
In 1963, 599,835 meals and 834,613 bottles of milk each containing one
third of a pint were provided at Schools in this Borough.
The percentage of children having milk in schools is as follows:-
1963 1962 1961
Primary 98.0 % 98.6 % 97.6 %
Secondary 71.3 % 75.3 % 71.7 %
Grammar 52 5 % 58.4 % 57.7 %
The percentage of meals served to daily attendances; -
| January to December 1963 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| % of attendance taking meals | Average number taking meals | Average attendance | |
| Primary Schools | |||
| Belmont Junior Mixed | 61 | 102 | 167 |
| Belmont Infants' | 61.5 | 56 | 91 |
| Beverley Road Infants' | 87 | 134 | 154 |
| Cavendish J M & Infants' | 59 | 105 | 178 |
| Ealing Road J.M. & Infants' | 71 2 | 262 | 368 |
| Grove Park J M & Infants' | 54.6 | 112 | 205 |
| Hogarth Junior Mixed | 63.6 | 178 | 280 |
| Hogarth Infants' | 51.8 | 59 | 114 |
| Lionel Road J M. & Infants' | 73.2 | 194 | 265 |
| St George's J,M & Infants" | 40 | 39 | 96 |
| St John's R, C., JJ, & Infants' | 82 7 | 197 | 238 |
| St Lawrence with St Paul* s J M & Infants1 | 58 | 101 | 175 |
| Strand-on-the-Green J M | 73. 2 | 148 | 202 |
| Strand-on-the-Green Infants' | 65 | 102 | 157 |
| Secondary Schools | |||
| Brentford Boys' | 41 | 115 | 281 |
| Brentford Girls' | 45.3 | 140 | 308 |
| Staveley Boys | 56 | 257 | 459 |
| Staveley Girls' | 56.1 | 221 | 394 |
| Chiswick Grammar Boys' | 46.6 | 240 | 515 |
| Chiswick Grammar Girls' | 62.7 | 301 | 480 |
| Gunnersbury Catholic Grammar | 66 | 266 | 402 |
In 1963, there was a drop both in the number of meals and in the amount of
milk taken The biggest drops in the meals acceptance appeared to be in Chiswick
Grammar Schools, where the boys uptake was 46 6% of the Attendance compared
with 53% in 1962, while in the Girls School it was 62 7% compared with 66%
the previous year, and in Staveley Boys' School where the fall was from 65%
in 1962 to 56% in 1963 These children in the Senior Schools, at a time when
mind and body need rich food for rapid growth and physical development, are not
accepting the statutory supplements which would help to supply this need
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