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The lighting of the schools, as a whole, is good, so
far as natural lighting is concerned, but the artificial
lighting of most of the older schools is not good; in many
cases where gas is used, the old form of burner is in use,
and the lighting would be materially improved by the provision
of incandescent burners.
One school lit by electric light is connected to the
electric street lighting main, so that in dull weather in
the winter the light is not available unless the lamps in
the street are lit.
The schools are well looked after, and kept clean.
"Dustolio" is used on the floors with the object of preventing
dust.
The number of scholars which can be accommodated
in the provided schools is 5,682, and in the non-provided
schools 642, a total of 6,324. The average number of
scholars in attendance during the year was 5,559, and the
number on the roll 6,204.
B.—Description of arrangements made for the
Correlation of the School Medical Service
with the Public Health Service, for the
Organisation and Supervision of Medical
Inspection, and an account of the Methods of
Inspection adopted.
As I hold both the office of School Medical Officer and
that of Medical Officer of Health, no difficulty has been
experienced in the arrangements for the correlation of the
two services.
All the inspections are carried out by myself, usually
in the afternoons. About a week before the inspections
are made, a notice is sent to the head teacher advising
him (or her) of my intention, and stating how many
children are likely to be examined. This gives the teacher
time to prepare notices inviting parents to be present
at the inspection, and to send them out.
Parents have been present in the case of 641 children,
viz., 287 boys and 354 girls; by far the majority of these
were entrants, viz., 217 boys and 179 girls; at the later inspections
comparatively few parents attended.
On the day of the inspection those children who are
to be inspected in the afternoon are weighed and