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Lane and the other at the Markfield Recreation Ground. These are now
in course of preparation and will come into use during the year 1939.
(6) Summer Play Centres.—The two Summer Play Centres as
described in the report for 1937 were successfully continued this year.
The average attendance at the Lordship Recreation Ground was 150,
and at Chestnuts Park 120.
(7) Keep-Fit Classes and Recreative Physical Training.—-There
has been a steady increase throughout the year in the number of KeepFit
classes, whether attached to Evening Institutes, organised by the
County Authority, or promoted by the voluntary association of the J. O. C.
Two training classes for leaders, both men and women, were held
throughout the Spring and Autumn Terms.
(d) Provision of Meals.
The proposals described in the report for 1937 for—
(а) the centralisation of the arrangements for the cooking and
distribution of dinners;
(b) the adoption of a sliding scale in assessing the income of
parents, so that the principle of part-payment may be
introduced,
have now been worked out in detail. The Board of Education have
approved the scheme, which will be implemented during the year 1939.
The dining room and servery of the new Rowland Hill Senior Boys'
School is now in use, and in the work of reconstruction now proceeding
at other schools arrangements have been made, where necessary, for the
provision of suitable meals rooms and serving arrangements.
During the year ended 31st December, 1938, 331,565 dinners were
provided to children in the schools. Of these, 328,157 were provided
to children of necessitous parents, and 3,408, on payment, to children
in Selective Central Schools.
The average number of children receiving milk daily during the year
was 9,979 on payment, under the Milk in Schools scheme, and 1,447
free, on the recommendation of the School Medical Officer.