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The Dental Mobile Unit almost completed the treatment
of Hurst Road School and this has been a great
relief to the dental services.
As in the past I have received every assistance in the
running of the clinics and to you, personally, I again
express my thanks.
Cleanliness Inspections.
(See Table V.)
During the year the School Nurses carried out
22,146 examinations of children in Schools and 477 were
found to have some infestation with vermin. In nearly
all cases, the condition was cleared up by parents who
were assisted, where necessary, by the School Nurses.
The infestation rate is commendably low and speaks well
for the standard of child care in the Borough.
Physical Education.
I am indebted to the Borough Education Officer for
the following report.
In all the Schools in the Borough increased care and
attention is being given to Physical Education. In the
Secondary Schools, in spite of limited playingfield
accommodation, games and athletics form part of the
school curriculum and are also, of course, practised very
extensively out of school hours. Many parents will have
seen with pleasure and admiration the high standard of
the agility work of both boys and girls, and the delightful
but energetic types of dance which form an
increasingly important part of girls' Physical Education.
In the Primary Schools the emphasis is on agility
work on individual or group lines, usually out of doors,
and on movement to music. The economy measures
brought in by the Kent Education Committee at the
request of the Ministry of Education have resulted in a
severe cut in the provision of Physical Training clothing
(including shoes). Nevertheless, at many Primary
Schools every child changes into shorts, singlet and
rubber shoes, for every period of Physical Education.
Where conditions permit, bare-foot work, which has very
great advantages from a physical education point of view,
is encouraged. In spite of the severe reduction in
expenditure on new equipment, the Bexley Committee
for Education has set aside a considerable sum to provide
during the year 1950-51, at a number of Primary Schools,
sets of climbing and agility apparatus especially made to
the design of the County Physical Education advisers.
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