[Report 1945] / School Medical Officer of Health, Merioneth County Council.

Merioneth (Wales). County Council.

Date:: 1945

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Credit: [Report 1945] / School Medical Officer of Health, Merioneth County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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were found to be at their lowest standard during the months of April, May and the early part of June. At this time of the year vegetables are in very short supply. The season for the winter root vegetables is over and the supply of young vegetables available are too costly for canteen use. Also at this time of the year they are not obtainable in sufficiently large quantities for use at school canteens. Owing to the scarcity of local grown fruit during the year the Canteens were not able to preserve the usual quantity of fruit for winter use. This has been a great disadvantage to the small rural schools and has greatly added to the difficulty of providing a varied diet. In the majority of the Canteens the standard of clean- liness of both premises and equipment continues to be satisfactory. Menu : Each canteen is provided with a copy of the recognised menus. Owing to the variation in supplies of foodstuffs it is not always possible to adhere strictly to the given menu, but taking the County as a whole it is found that the menus have been well followed.