free school milk act 1946

[alanp]

I am trying to date a photograph of a school giving out free milk in 1946. Can anyone tell the month it was first given out.
Thanks,
AlanP

[mjandrews96]

After the passing of the 1906 Education Act Local Education Authorities were empowered to provide free school meals. In 1921 this had been extended to free milk. However, an investigation by John Boyd Orr (published as Food, Health and Income in 1937) revealed that there was a link between low-income, malnutrition and under-achievement in schools. Following the 1945 General Election, the new Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, appointed Ellen Wilkinson as Minister of Education, the first woman in British history to hold the post. Wilkinson had long been a campaigner against poverty and in 1946 managed to persuade Parliament to pass the School Milk Act . This act ordered the issue of one-third of a pint of milk free to all pupils under eighteen.

hope this helps

[THECORBYLOON]

There's one site for Bolton's St Mark's C Of E School which says for 9th September 1946 "free milk for all."

A site about Cardiff schools during the Second World War says in July 1946 "Cardiff schools receive a Circular telling them of free milk in schools for all children as of the coming achedemic year" so that would have been the September.

So, September 1946 is the answer!!!

[Hugh Spencer]

I was at Junior School between 1929 and 1935 and we were given 1/3rd of a pint of milk free every morning.