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liver oil and malt have also been provided for children suffering
from malnutrition. This is given in school. Recommendations for
extra nourishment are made by the School Medical Officer,
Teachers, Attendance Officers and Care Committees and are considered
by the School Canteen Sub-Committee. Re-examinations
are made every three months, if practicable, by the medical officers
in cases referred on medical grounds, when renewal or discontinuance
is decided on. This recurrent examination acts also as
a useful check on the general physical health of the child, enabling
obvious defects to be pointed out to the parents for remedy.
The scheme originally suggested by the National Milk
Publicity Council has been working smoothly and continuously
throughout the year and has undoubtedly had beneficial results.
At the end of 1933 some 5,000 penny bottles per day were being
delivered at the schools. This supply is available for all elementary
school children irrespective of any medical recommendation.
1932. 1933.
No. of Children who received Free Dinners 748 967
,, ,, Free Dinners provided 57,856 104,190
pints pints
No. of Children who received Free Milk 118—9,126 120—9,249
,, ,, Milk (part payment) 23—1,231 15—1,318
,, ,, Milk (whole payment) 11—600 8—151
issues issues
Free Malt 30—1,753 34—2,187
,, „ Malt (whole payment) 22—1,250 14—1,623
PHYSICAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS.
Detailed reports have been presented by the Inspector of
Schools and the Organiser of Physical Training to the Education
Committee, and the following is only a precis of these reports.
Boys.
In the Senior Schools the work has been mainly directed
towards the consolidation of schemes introduced during the past
two or three years. It has resulted in an improved carriage and
bearing on the part of the boys. The teaching of Sword and
Morris dancing is becoming more general in these Schools.
Gymnastic shoes are now almost universally worn ; superfluous
clothing is discarded, and, in many cases, the boys change into
gymnastic costume.
The new syllabus of Physical Training has just been introduced
into the Junior Schools, and has aroused the interest of all
teachers concerned.