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Cleanliness of School-Rooms, Etc.—
Satisfactory.
Arrangements for Drying Clothes and Boots.—
Generally speaking, no definite arrangements. In
Schools with central heating, the cloakrooms are warmed
to some extent. Clothes are dried at times at classroom
fires, in boiler houise and so forth.
Warming-up Supervision and Service of Meals.—
In the case of St. Vincent's, St. Agnes' and St.
Mary's R.C. Schools, where a considerable number of
the children come from a distance and take their midday
meal at school, arrangements are made for supervision
and provision of hot drinks. In the case of the other
schools, very few scholars take a meal at school, and
generally speaking there are no definite arrangements
made, but in some cases the children can get hot cocoa
or milk, either by arrangement with the caretaker or
at a cookery centre.
Relation of General Arrangements of the School
to the Health of the Children.—
The arrangement of school hours and intervals appears
to be satisfactory. There is nothing calling for
special comment under this head.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Age gioups of the children inspected;
All children are inspected on first admission to school.
The bulk of these are, of course, children entering the Infant
Departments, at about the age of 5.
The Intermediate Group includes children of age 7 and 8
and the Leaver Group children of age 12 and 13.
The total number of children included in the Routine
Inspections was 2,139.