View report page

supplied when in season. Since 1933 there has been a steady
decrease in the number of meals provided.

The average number of children fed each week was 18,714.
The above figures relate to elementary school children only.
School milk. The scheme instituted by the Milk Marketing
Board became operative in October, 1934. One-third of a pint of
pasteurised milk was supplied daily to approximately 22,000 children
during the year 1st April, 1936, to 31st March, 1937.
XIII. CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS, TEACHERS,
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC BODIES.
(a) Parents are always notified when their children are
due to be medically inspected, and the fact that last year the
percentage of parents who were actually present at the elementaryschool
examinations amounted to 90.2 indicates the interest taken
in the work of the school medical service.
The number of parents who refuse to have their children
medically examined is extremely low. In 1937 the number of
children who were affected by this parental objection amounted
to 63. Parents are always encouraged to accompany their children
when they are being inspected at school, or treated at the clinics.
(b) The assistance rendered by teachers has always been
greatly appreciated by the staff of the school medical service.
The facilities, which are invariably afforded doctors, dentists and
nurses whenever they have occasion to go to a school, help
considerably in the smooth running of the department. In selecting
special cases for examination, urging attendance at clinics and
impressing upon parents the need for carrying out advice given,
406