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Comments of A.S.M.O.—Dr. Smurthwaite makes many valuable
suggestions in regard to the specific items of medical inspection,
and insists on the importance of instilling into parents' minds the
necessity of making their children eat more fats; he adds, "I am
perfectly aware that city children do not require the amount of
fatty material that country children do, but it is necessary to stop
the children rejecting every form of fat. They require more than
they generally consume."
Type—Transition IV. and VI. Modern school, central hall, three
storeys.
Site—Open, elevated.
Playground—Tar paved, well drained, good condition.
Sanitary Conveniences—
Boys 9 syphonic latrines, automatic flushing.
Girls 10 syphonic latrines, automatic flushing.
Infants 14 syphonic latrines, automatic flushing.
Urinals—Senior Boys 72-ft. lineal, Infant Boys 35-ft. lineal.
Lavatory Basins—Boys 12, Girls 12, Infants 12.
Drinking Water—Four water fountains with metal cups.
Class Room Walls and general Cleanliness of School—Glazed brick
dado, hard plaster above—clean. J
Desks—Modern double desks.
Light i ng—Good.
Heating—Hot water radiators.
Ventilation—Good.
Cloak Rooms—Well lighted and ventilated.
Comments of A.S.M.O.—Dr. Walker is struck with the number of
children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and notes the difficulty
of getting parents to have these conditions treated. These throat
affections, he adds, lead to throat deafness, and obviously affect
the intelligence of the children, by producing mouth breathing; he
thinks they lead also to irregularity of the teeth, and are responsible
for a large amount of dental caries.