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(d) That this Conference requests the Borough Council to ask the
Home Secretary to take action to secure the passing into law of the
Justices Jurisdiction (London) Bill, introduced into Parliament in the
Session of 1901.
(e) That this Conference is of opinion that it is desirable that there
should be uniformity and greater detail in the Agenda of Managers'
Meetings.
(/) That in the opinion of this Conference the policy of making
the County Council Schools Mixed Departments should be discontinued
and separate departments established for boys and girls and that the
County Council be so informed.
(g) That the present system with regard to the provision of
medical certificates of unfitness to attend school presses unduly upon the
very poor and is grossly unfair to the medical profession.
(h) That the Conference suggest that collection of dust from school
premises be made before 9 a.m. or after 4.30 p.m. and that the collection be
made at more frequent intervals than at present—daily if possible.
(t) That this Conference recommends that the London County
Council be asked to issue, as early as possible, a code of instructions
precisely defining the duties, powers and responsibilities of the Managers
of all Elementary Schools under the control of the Education Committee
of that Council.
107. The Council concurred in the foregoing resolutions and
sent a copy thereof to the London County Council and to each of
the other Borough Councils.
108. The County Council stated that consideration had been
given to the subjects of resolutions (a), (b), (e-g) and (»), and that
the Council was awaiting the decisions of the Justices, the Home
Secretary, and this Council with regard to (c), (d) and (h). With
regard to resolution (c) the Justices for the Newington and
Wandsworth divisions stated that they were of opinion that the
matter should be dealt with uniformly throughout the Metropolis
and that a Bill should be introduced into Parliament to deal with
the question. A copy of resolutions (c) and (d) has since been
forwarded to the Board of Education.
109. The Managers of the St. Mary's, All Saints, Upper
Grade Boys', and Upper Grade Girls' Non-Provided Schools, Putney,
having applied to the County Council for such schools to be
grouped under a Committee of 12 managers, this Council approved
of the proposal. The County Council, however, decided