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SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Inspections of all school premises have been made during
the year. The majority of the schools may be considered satisfactory,
but the sanitary annexes in Crouch End School and in
the Girls' and Infants' Departments of St. Mary's Schools require
reconstruction, while the class-room accommodation in
St. Mary's Boys' and Infants' Departments, in St. James's
School and in Crouch End School has for some time been a
matter of concern to the Education Committee.
Sites for two new schools have been acquired and plans are
in course of preparation.
Arrangements have been made for the conveyance by motor
of the youngest children attending Muswell Hill School to and
from their homes on the Coppett's Road housing estate during
the dinner hour. The distance is too great for very young
children to walk, while the traffic on Muswell Hill is both fast
and frequent.
In eleven departments where certain children living at a
distance remain on the school premises during the mid-day
interval arrangements have been made for such children to have
their dinner in an orderly and comfortable manner. The
Education Authority has provided the table-linen, cutlery,
crockery and cooking utensils required, and has given permission
for the existing gas-stoves to be used for warming the food
brought by the pupils. At each school the meal is supervised
by a teacher or by a senior prefect. The pupils themselves take
it in turn to lay the tables, and in most schools they do the
necessary clearing away and washing up after the meal.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The numbers of children inspected in accordance with the
Board's Schedule will be found in Table 1. Some 28 per cent.
6f the children on the rolls of the various schools were reviewed
in routine inspection. In addition a large number of special
inspections was made. These special inspections include children
referred for fuller examination from the routine inspections and
others sent to the central Clinic at the instance of the Head
Teachers, the Attendance Officers and the School Nurses.