Files of the Board of Education and successors, Medical Branch and Special Services Branch relating to the implementation of the legislation (starting with the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 under which local education authorities were encouraged or required to provide meals for children in their schools.
The series includes reports on special services and School Medical Officer reports.
Pieces 1-295 consist of main files dated 1918 to 1946. Certain files within pieces 1-295 have been retained intact. These are 58, 67, 130, 137, 140, 149, 153, 161, 181, 216, 226, 228, 231, 232, 235, 236 and 263.
Pieces 296-349 consist of main files dated 1940 to 1955 and covering London and those areas for which there was an asterisked file in the previous batch.
There are two sample files from closely related minor series (Dinner Grant and Central Kitchens).