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Minor Dejects uj Hygiene.
(1) The heating of North Harringay School is at present
engaging the attention of the Works Sub-Committee.
(2) The sanitary accommodation is not up to modern
standards at certain of the schools. For example, there are
trough closets with automatic flush at Stroud Green, Campsbourne,
Crouch End and Highgate; and at a number of the
schools the urinals are unglazed.
Improvements in School Hygiene.
St. Mary's (Church op England).—In 1924 this school was
placed by the Board of Education in List B., schools which ought
not to be recognised in their present condition—at all events for
their present numbers—but which might possibly be' made suitable
either for the same or for reduced numbers—but only by
large expenditure.
Through the generosity of David Greig, Esq., first Freeman
of Hornsey (1920), the school has undergone complete reconstruction
and extension, and is now well up to modern
requirements.
Campsbourne.—An important advance in school hygiene was
the provision of a set of twelve spray baths, with hot and cold
water, at Campsbourne. These are used by the boys on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays, and by the girls on Mondays and Wednesdays.
They were opened in June, 1929, and between 300
and 400 boys and girls enjoy a bath each week.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The work of medical inspection was carried out as in former
years by Dr. Prior at all the elementary schools, with the exception
of the Boys' and Girls' Departments at Campsbourne,
Crouch End, North Harringay and Stroud Green, which were done
by the School Medical Officer.
Complete medical examination according to the Board of
Education Schedule was carried out in every school of all children
in the three age groups—entrants, intermediates, leavers.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The facts revealed by medical inspection are set out in
Table II.
Without discussing the figures of this table in detail under
the different defects or diseases, the general impression left on