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accommodation, etc., were tabulated, defects pointed out, and
remedies suggested. The list of defects and suggested remedies
have been reviewed from time to time, and as the necessary improvements
have been made they were recorded on the plans. It would
have been impossible to remedy all the defects mentioned in one
year, but improvements proceeded steadily, and practically all the
important defects were remedied except such as involved pulling
down and rebuilding.
Speaking generally, all the five elementary schools are in a
satisfactory condition from a hygienic point of view.
The Balgowan, the Churchfields Road, and the Bromley Road
Schools are modern buildings built and suited to their purpose.
They stand in their own playgrounds, the classrooms are well
arranged with good provision for ventilation and lighting, both
natural and artificial, and those accessory services which one
frequently finds so poorly provided in older schools, such as efficient
methods of heating, lavatory and cloakroom accommodation, and
school furniture, are all very good and up-to-date.
The Alexandra and St. James's Schools, viewed from the
hygienic standpoint, are not quite so satisfactory as the others. Many
improvements have been made, especially at the Alexandra School
in recent years, but certain defects are of a character that nothing
short of re-building will rectify.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
A. Routine Inspections
Routine Inspections are those made on the School premises of
the groups of children prescribed for examination by the Board of
Education. The number of children examined at these inspections
during the year 1925 was as follows: —
Entrants 517
Leavers 330
Intermediate Group 217