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The provision of the Children's Hospital by the Ilford War
Memorial Committee is still under consideration. There can be
no question of the need of such a hospital in Ilford, owing to the
difficulty of obtaining hospital treatment for children, due to the
present overcrowded condition of hospitals, and the difficulty of
obtaining adequate financial support for their greatly increased
cost of upkeep.
9. Open- Air Education.— There is no open-air school in
Ilford. I pointed out in my last report the need for such a
school in this district. At the end of the year 1920, 20 children
who were pre-tubercular were attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary.
10. Physical Training.— The following is the report of the
Area Organiser of Physical Training :—
I. Staff.
At present I am the only Instructor in Physical Training employed
by the Local Education Authority. I commenced my duties as Supervising
Instructor in Physical Training on 26th August, 1918, and was
provisionally recognised by the Board of Education as an Organiser in
Physical Training on 27th October, 1919, for a period of one year, subsequently
receiving the Board's full recognition on 14th November, 1919.
II. Duties and Organisation.
My full-time duties, which are governed by the requirements of the
Board of Education's Syllabus of Physical Training for Schools, 1919,
are of an advisory and supervisory character as regards the teaching of
physical exercises, inclusive of swimming instruction and organised
games, throughout the whole of the local public elementary schools;
they comprise also staff conferences and practical demonstrations.
III. Special Features.
(а) The general aim has been to inculcate a love of healthy physical
exercise in the children, and to broaden the scope of physical education
in the schools; to include in such education, and as a definite part
thereof, organised games and sports; and to afford expert advice and
guidance to the teaching staff generally. The possibilities of the
remedial treatment of certain physical defects by means of suitably
selected and carefully graded exercises have also been borne in mind.
(b) Classes have been periodically arranged for members of the
local teaching staff. During the past year eight such classes have been
held, three for men and five for women; the approximate average attendance
at these classes has been thirty. In the conduct of the classes the
staff attending have shown gratifying enthusiasm and appreciation.
The demonstrations have included the recognised exercises and games,
and have been first given personally by myself, and then practised by
the class.