§ 39. Mr. Hepworthasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what steps are taken to teach practical dietetics in schools, with special reference to the value of body building foods?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lindsay)Cookery is a regular subject in the education of the older girls in public elementary schools; and the curriculum generally includes such instruction and training in the principles of proper dieting and their application as are suitable for girls at the age of 12–14 years. Some 90 per cent. of all the older girls attending the elementary schools, and rather more than 80 per cent. of the girls educated in secondary schools, are attending schools in which such instruction is provided.
§ Mr. PalingWhat steps are taken to provide body building, particularly in cases where children in schools needing milk cannot get it?
§ Mr. LindsayThat is another question.