[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.
- Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![OTHER SERVICES: School Meals Service: A School Meals Service is provided at all the schools in the County and on a specified taking meals in school were :- day the number of children 1971 1972 Number of children present 7 ,322 7,504 Number of children taking meals 5,894 6 5 354 Percent a-ge of chi3 dren tskir. cr mo b 1 q o 80.4% 94.7% Milk in Schools: Under revised regulations the provision of milk in schools was altered, as from the 1st September, 19 71. Provision is now made only for pupils in the following classes :- a) pupils in special schools b) pupils in maintained schools up to the end of the Summer Term after they attain the age of seven. c) other pupils in primary schools where a School Medical Officer certifies that the pupil's health requires that he should be provided with milk at s chool. In respect of section (c) Medical Officers, Health Visitors and teaching staff were asked to inform the depart- ment of any children they considered required milk in school under this clause. Children referred have been examined by the Medical Staff and, during 1972, concessionary milk was approved in nine cases. f\~] 1 the it, ilLh ni?ovi to the s chool o 2 5 jp3.ste \22p2.s0cl end a report on the quality of the milk is included with the report of the Food and Drugs Inspector. School Clothing Grants: Grants have been made in necessitous cases for the provision of clothing to school pupils as follows :- 1971 1972 Number of Grants 51 8 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28862776_0070.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
