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INSTRUCTION IN SPECIAL SUBJECTS.
In the time-table for the year ending 31st March, 1936,
the following provision is made for the instruction of older girls
in Special Subjects, e.g., Cookery, Homecraft, Housewifery,
Domestic Science : —
Intensive Housewifery Centres—
Purley Oaks.
Tavistock.
Cookery and Homecraft Centres—
Howard (Domestic Science).
Ingram (Domestic Science and Homecraft).
Sydenham (Cookery, Homecraft and Domestic Science).
Special Rooms or Centres reserved for School named—
Ashburton (Domestic Science).
British Girls, Polytechnic (Domestic Science).
Davidson (Domestic Science).
Ecclesbourne (Domestic Science).
Elmwood (Domestic Science).
Kingsley (Domestic Science).
Lanfranc (West Thornton Centre—Domestic Science).
Oval (Domestic Science).
Portland (Woodside Centre—Domestic Science).
Tavistock (Domestic Science and Homecraft).
Norbury Manor (Domestic Science).
Rockmount (Domestic Science).
Waddon (Domestic Science).
Archbishop Tenison's (Domestic Science).
Lady Edridge (Domestic Science).
Heath Clark (Domestic Science).
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 1935; 1,318 children
were examined, 629 of whom were boys and 689 girls. Table II.
of Appendix gives the detailed findings. 109 boys (17.3 per
cent.) and 135 girls (19.6 per cent.) were found to require treatment,
the most usual defect being defective vision.
Although the figures are small, a table similar to that given
for elementary school children and relating to heights and weights
has been included below.