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matters of hygienic importance; therefore, be it resolved that
all schools having courses for the training of teachers should
give instruction in:—
(a) Personal and School Hygiene; and
(b) The principles and practice of physical training.
And that to each of these subjects should be given as much
time as the major subjects in the course.
That this Section is of the opinion that the principles and
practice of hygiene should form part of the education of every
citizen.
That practical and theoretical instruction in personal and
school hygiene should form a regular part of the curriculum of
all institutions in which students are trained to become teachers
in schools of all grades.
Section VII.
That, in the opinion of this Congress, it is important to
secure the prompt exclusion from school of scholars suspected
to be suffering from or likely to convey infectious sickness, and
that the Board of Education be urged to devise some means by
which this can be done without as at present involving
financial loss on the local education authority.
Section X.
In the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that all
Secondary Schools, including Public Schools, should be
subjected to inspection on matters relating to Hygiene and
Sanitation, and that a copy of this Eesolution should be
forwarded to the President of the Board of Education praying
him to take such steps as he may consider necessary to carry
such inspection into effect.
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During the year 1907 there were 3,307 rooms
fumigated, and 1,388 rooms cleansed by the Staff of the Public
Health Department. Amongst this number is included the disinfection
after cases of phthisis, measles and whooping cough.