[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CO-OPERATION WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL WELFARE OFFICERS 1 a^aiii place on record inv appreciation of the help of teachern in connection with the clerical work necessitated hy medical inspections, and in the weit>;’hino- of children. I also add my thanks to the School Welfare Officers for their fielp. PROVISION OF MILK AND MEALS ddie slight de(dine whi(di took pkice in MfoO in tfie number of children takiii^' milk in s(diool continued in the early part of Idol, hut the position was recovered and stabilised towards the end of the year as shown by the followiiifi- |)ercenta^4es : I^ercentaKc of cLiildren taking milk in s(*1h>o1 Octolier P’ebTuary May ()ctoh'f*r lt)50 1961 1961 1961 80.4a 77., HI .05 HiKHS Accoi'din^' tti the hitest return tor the year the nunibei' I ot children taking milk was 2(),d(S5, imdudin^' Idd to whom reconstituted National Dried Milk was supplied because li(juid I milk from an appi’oved source was md available. No ap[)reciable [)rogress can be rej)orted in the jjrovision ' of school meals. In October, Idol, the percentaoe ot (diildren receiving- meals was 48.do, against 48,68 in Ocdober, I dot). .! The restrictions whi(di W(‘re placed in I d4d on Ivuildin^’ work I for school meals purposes weie maintained throughout the year, with the result that, althouoh toiirteen new s(dio(d ; canteens were opeiied in Idol, they were, with one (‘xce|)tion. i small dining centres only and the total capacity ot the School Meals Service to provide meals was not mateidally increaseil I At the end of the year 12,677 were I’cceivin^’ Jiieals, ag’ainst ' 12,044 at the same period of the i)j’evious yeai‘. PHYSICAL EDUCATION I (Report submitted by the Organiser of Physical Education.) Efforts to im[)rove tin* staJidard ot woidv in physical ) education have been continued during the ])ast year. Wdtliout a woman Organisei- (d Physical Education some ])arts of the : girls' work have deteidorated, but it^ is pleasing to note that. 1 this post will lie tilled on 1st May, 1652, by Miss O. Myland, More f)laygrounds have been re-suifaced, Imt there are j still many whi(4i are not really suitable and this limits the L scope of the work cdiisidei'ably. V\’ithout provision of footwear I ami (dothing by the Authority it is ditlicult to get (diildren 1 changed into suitable (dothing and shoes. Cori’ect (dothing 1 and shoes nould raise the stamlard (d‘ work done in the schools. Pour tea(diers' courses have been held in Physical 1 Education anrl Athletics; these were attended by Idd e teachers. Outdoor tubidar steel cliinbing apparatus has been erected 1 in the playgrounds of eleven schools. 'Phese are a valuable b addition to the normal range of physical education apparatus