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Centres for Domestic Subjects have now practically ceased to
exist as such. Instead, special rooms or Centres are available for
each Senior Girls' School, whereby the older girls in such schools
are able to receive the necessary instruction in Domestic Subjects
as part of the normal school curriculum and, generally speaking,
on the school premises.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
The usual arrangements for the medical examination of
secondary school children were continued in 1932; 1,838 children
were examined, 1,108 of whom were boys and 730 girls. Table II
of Appendix gives the detailed findings. 121 boys (10.9 per cent.)
and 131 girls (17.9 per cent.) were found to require treatment, the
most usual defect in the boys being dental defects and in the girls
defective vision.
Treatment is not provided at the Council's School Clinics for
these children except under special circumstances of financial need.
Although the figures are small, a table similar to that given for
elementary school children and relating to nutrition has been included
below.