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Bounds Green School New Lavatory Basins fitted
throughout.
Removal of Galleries in two
Infants' Classrooms.
Practical Instruction and Science
Room built.
New Window provided in one
Infants' Classroom.
Alexandra School Infants' and Boys' Urinal
paired.
Play-sheds re-roofed.
Galleries in two Infants' Classrooms
removed.
St. Paul's School New Classroom provided.
Lordship Lane School
Muswell Hill School Minor repairs where necessary.
St. Michael's School
4.—MEDICAL INSPECTION.
In the Infants' Department each child is medically inspected
during its first term, and in nearly every case the mother or guardian
is present. In the great majority of instances, this work goes on
quietly, and the child takes it as a matter of course.
We present the figures in model Tables, advised by the Board,
which have lately undergone some revision. A considerable number
of the children inspected are found to require treatment. But, in
addition, there are many who show slight defects, and these are
noted and kept under observation.
There has been an improvement in the physical condition of the
children of late years, and there is no doubt that our standard of
child life is rising; and as time goes on, medical inspection and
treatment of School children will prove to be a valuable asset in
our national life, for truly it has been said, "The new objective in
preventive medicine is the production of fitness." The decreasing
birth-rate is making a difference to our numbers, and we must look
all the more to improving the quality of the child leaving School
and going out into the world.
5.—FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
(a) Personal Cleanliness.
Undoubtedly, children are cleaner than they used to be. One
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