§ 70. Mr. Willisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if there are common nutritional standards for the examination of schoolchildren in Scotland.
§ Mr. WestwoodAll education authorities in Scotland have been advised that the classification "Bad Nutrition" should be used to cover only those children who, in the opinion of the medical officer, are suffering in health to a serious degree in consequence of bad or insufficient feeding. While, as I stated in reply to the hon. Member's Question on 16th July, nutrition standards are not capable of exact statistical measurement, the findings of the school medical officers do serve their main purpose of drawing attention to those children who appear to require medical supervision and, if necessary, treatment.