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General Review.
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General Review of the Hygienic Conditions Prevalent
in the Schools.
There are twelve public elementary schools under
the control of the Local Education Authority. Of
these, six are of modern construction dating from 1905
to 1911, five are old with recent adaptations and one
is a temporary school. In the first group the general
hygienic conditions are satisfactory and require no
comment, in the second group although conditions are
not ideal, nevertheless there have been no striking
defects to report upon during the year except the
sanitary arrangements at St. Stephen's School, which
have received the attention of the Education Committee
Before the war new schools to replace some of the old
buildings were projected, but with the present financial
and industrial conditions, the erection of new schools
may not be practicable for some years. It is thus
incumbent upon the Local Education Authority to
continue and patch up the old buildings in such a way
as to enable them to meet the present needs and to
keep them in the best sanitary condition for the children
who have to spend so many hours in them.
Co-Relation of School Medical and Public Health Service.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of
Health. Although the actual medical inspection of
children is not carried out by him, this being done by
the Assistant School Medical Officer, who is also Assistant
Medical Officer of Health, yet he directly supervises
the work with which he is in close touch daily.
The School Clinic, where all school medical work is
carried on and records kept, and the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centre occupy the same building, the
result being that there is the most intimate co-operation
between the School Nurses and the Health Visitors.