[Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MILK IN SCHOOLS Consumption of Milk The table below shows the numbers and percentage of children taking milk at school, on sample days, in the years 1952—1961 inclusive:— Year 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Taking Milk- No. of children 37,521 39,442 40,859 42,231 42,750 41,571 44,644 45,372 45,071 45,976 Proportion of the school popula¬ tion 72.97 74.69 75.99 76.71 79.15 m 74.45 78.81 78.66 77.37 78.38 Grades of Milk The numbers of schools receiving the various types of milk supply, in the years 1954—1961, are as follows:— 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Pasteurised Milk .... 311 294 341 348 343 341 350 338 Tuberculin Tested Milk 42 43 44 46 49 50 45 56 Accredited Milk Non-designated Milk 19 25 25 19 17 13 4 1 Dried Milk .... No supply 8 19 7 6 6 4 4 2 The figures for 1961 include the four maintained special schools in the Riding, and 32 non-maintained schools. Of the latter, 29 schools received pasteurised milk, and 3 T.T. milk. Quality of Milk School milk supplies have again been supervised by the county health inspectors who have taken 1,550 samples during visits to schools:— Grade of Milk Frequency of sampling Frequency of Testing Phosphatase Methylene Blue Biological Tuberculin Tested six monthly ■— — six monthly Pasteurised quarterly quarterly quarterly as required Non-designated quarterly — — quarterly