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as those doing Red Cross work, and the head teachers of all the schools give effective
help with the cleansing work. For comparison the figures for 1925 have been taken,
because these are more readily available and because the first link was formed in
that year."
School.
Year.
No. of
children.
Defective.
Class 2.
Class 3.
Total
defective.
Percentage.
Decrease
or Increase +
per cent.
With Junior Red Cross Link.
School No. 1 1925 1,003 88 35 123 12.2 -5.2
(Infants) 1928 887 58 5 63 7.0
School No. 2 1925 403 88 60 148 36.7 -25.2
(Girls) 1928 451 49 4 53 11.5
School No. 3 1925 899 160 47 207 23 -7.5
(Girls) 1928 761 116 12 128 15.5
School No. 4 1925 879 137 19 156 17.7 -7.6
(Girls) 1928 807 63 19 82 10.1
Without Junior Red Cross Link.
School No. 5 1925 331 39 11 50 15.1 -0.7
(Infants) 1928 333 39 9 48 14.4
School No. 3 1925 668 88 36 124 18.5 -1.8
(Infants) 1928 545 79 12 91 16.7
School No. 6 1925 536 106 41 147 27.4 -4.7
(Girls) 1928 490 88 23 111 22.7
School No. 7 1925 1,061 150 44 194 18.3 +0.2
(Girls) 1928 978 116 49 165 18.5
Red Cross Link without nurses'
help
School No. 8 1925 1,278 137 60 197 15.4 -1.9
1928 922 55 70 125 13.5
"The above analysis suggests that an extension of the Junior Red Cross work
in the schools would effect some improvement in the cleanliness of the children and
that the time given by the nurses to the work is not unprofitably spent. The
Junior Red Cross work adds to the nurses' opportunities of teaching the value of
good health and the importance of forming healthy habits of living of which the
maintenance of a high standard of cleanliness is only one.
"In two schools the nurses have started mothercraft-classes for a few elder girls
after afternoon school. The girls are eager to attend and show great interest in the
teaching but the difficulties of obtaining equipment and the excessive strain on the
nurses will prevent any development of this work although it appears to be necessary,
acceptable and useful."
Nursery Schools.
There are in London ten recognised nursery schools with total accommodation
for 435 infants. The largest of these is the Rachel McMillan Nursery School with
places for 260 (100 L.C.C. and 140 voluntary). Accommodation at Notting Hill
has, by the erection of a pleasant open-air shelter, been increased from 50 to 80.
The Jellicoe Nursery School, temporarily housed at Lyndhurst Hall, Warden Road,
N.W., pending the building of new premises on the old site in Rochford Street, has
accommodation for 45 instead of 25, Goldsmiths' College Nursery School has been
increased from 25 to 35, the Mary Ward from 20 to 25 and the Children's House
from 30 to 35.
The Kilburn Union Jack School has been closed and two new voluntary schools,
the Women's University Settlement in Blackfriars and the Claverton Street Nursery