[Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norwich City & County.

  • Norwich (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norwich City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (8) DEATHS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN There were ten recorded deaths of children of school age compared with two in the previous year. The causes of death were:— Boys: Aged 9 9 6 years 9 ' „ 10 11 14 14 15 99 99 Cystic Fibrosis. Multiple Injuries (Road accident). Medullablastoma. Lymphosarcoma. Sarcoma of Right Femur. Bronchiectasis. Medullablastoma. Girls: Aged 5 years Staph. Septicaemia due to Staph. Osteomyelitis. „ 7 ,, Acute Glomerulanephritis. ,, 13 ,, Aplastic Anaemia associated with Ethosux- imide therapy. (9) PROVISION OF MEALS Mid-day meals are provided by the Local Education Authority to all school children whose parents request these. From time to time the School Medical Officers also put forward cases where they think meals would particularly benefit. School milk is no longer supplied to pupils in grant-aided Sec¬ ondary Schools, but the quantity of milk per pupil in Primary Schools is maintained as far as possible at one-third of a pint per day. At the Clare Special School for Physically Handicapped Children two-thirds of a pint daily is supplied free. The percentage of children in school having school meals is 61-5 and 52-2% of the total school population (or 84-7% of eligible children) take milk, but these figures mean very little because there is a wide spread between the ages and the two sexes. Unfortunately figures by age and sex are not readily available. The Welfare Foods Scheme inaugurated on 1st August, 1947, by the Ministry of Food, provides that one pint of milk daily at reduced price should be available from registered suppliers all the year round for children between the ages of 5 and 16 who are unable by reason of disability of mind or body to attend school. A number of invalid children under the Visiting Teacher have availed themselves of this scheme during the year.