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made for the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Education
Committee to move such resolutions at the next Conference.
School Care
Committees.
105. The Council decided to concur in the views expressed by
the Metropolitan Counties Branch of the British
Medical Association, that in view of the questions
of physical welfare which would be undertaken by the School
Care Committees, it was desirable to include medical practitioners
in the membership of those Committees. The London County
Council stated that endeavours were made to obtain the services
of persons possessing special knowledge of the work of Care
Committees, and would welcome the names of medical practitioners
willing to serve on such Committees.
Sites for
New Schools.
106. The London County Council has given formal notice of
its intention to provide a new public elementary
school for about 800 children in the district of
Tooting, and one for about 1,000 children to be available for the
area of West Streatham.
107. The Council has also been consulted by the County
Council with regard to proposals to acquire two alternative sites
for schools in lieu of sites previously decided upon, and in one
case (Magdalen Road, Springfield) offered no objection to the
proposal. With regard to the other site (Standen Road, Southfield)
the Council was of opinion that the original site was more
suitable, and so informed the County Council and the Board of
Education. The Board, however, after considering the facts of
the case, sanctioned the acquisition of the alternative site.
108. The Council approved of the proposal to erect a new
Roman Catholic school for about 500 children at Earlsfield.
St. Michael's
School,
Southfield.
log. Attention having been drawn to a proposal to close the
St. Michael's School, Southfield, the Council expressed
regret at the compulsory closing, and asked
the London County Council to reconsider the proposal, and to
continue to recognise the school as a public elementary school,
both in the interests of education and of the general bod}' of ratepayers.
The County Council afterwards decided to continue to
recognise the school, and notice has since been received of the
intention of the Managers to enlarge the school by providing
additional accommodation for about 500 children.