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To the Chairman and Members of the
Hornsey Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the School
Medical Service for the year ending December 31st, 1932.
The outstanding event of the year was the transfer of the
School Clinic from temporary premises in Topsfield Parade to the
new building at The Broadway, Crouch End. A full description
of the new Clinic, with photographs and plan, will be found later
in this Report.
An event of great importance in its ultimate effect on the
physical condition of the school children was the appointment of
a Special Committee on Public Education in Hornsey, which
issued its Report in October, 1932. Among the many important
aspects of education considered by this Committee was the subject
of " Physical Training and Organised Games." In regard
to Physical Training, the Special Committee's recommendations
are: —
1.—That the Head Teachers of all Schools be instructed to
arrange for some part of every school day to be devoted
to the physical training of the children, as distinct from
organised games.
2.—That arrangements be made for appropriate remedial
exercises to be given by specially-qualified teachers to all
children in the schools suffering from minor physical
deformities who are recommended by the School Medical
Officer for special treatment.
3.—That the Local Education Authority offer every facility for
the younger members of the teaching staff to obtain
special training in order that they may be able to undertake
the physical training of the children in accordance
with the best modern methods.
4.—That the Head Teachers of all Schools be requested to see
that special attention is paid to the correct posture of
the children during the whole time they are in school.