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(11) Provision of Meals.
West Ham being largely a necessitous area, the provision
of meals to necessitous school children is an important duty on
the part of the Local Education Authority.
The scheme has now been in operation several years, and is
continued throughout the school holidays. At present there are
ten Dining Centres in operation, under the superintendence of Miss
M. Anderson. The Centres are visited from time to time by the
School Medical Officer, and the dietary is submitted for his
approval. The Centres are clean and well managed, and the food
is of excellent quality.
The following figures summarise the extent of the undertaking
during the year :—
Breakfasts Dinners
Number of Meals supplied at Silver-
town National Kitchen 7762 12359
Number of Meals supplied at School
Dining Centres 280829 507439
Average number of children attending per week : 1867.
(12) School Baths.
School Baths are provided at two Elementary Schools, viz.,
Gainsborough Road and Rosetta Road. Spray Baths are provided
at the Special School at Knox Road.
Selected children, with the consent of their parents, are conducted
in rota to the Corporation Baths at Balaam Street, Jupp
Road, Fenn Street and Silvertown. This takes place in school
hours.
Facilities are also afforded to school children for instruction
in swimming at the Beckton Road Open Air Bath. Men and
women professors are engaged for instruction and supervision.

The above figures do not include the children who have
attended the Swimming Baths during the above period.
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