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New Buildings- Handsworth Avenue Senior Mixed School. The
opening of this school was effected in May 1940 as a temporary
mixed school for all ages. Its modern equipment consists of a
large gymnasium with separate dressing rooms and showers for male
and female staff and students. The sanitary accommodation,
approached under cover from the school rooms, includes up-to-date
combined flushing W.C.s, wash fountains in place of lavatory basins
and electric face and hand driers. Large paved areas with a grass
playfield of over seven acres provide ample space for physical
training and organised games.
Structural Alterations and additions. Air Raid Protection.
Protection has been provided in practically every school and
includes either hot water or electric heating, and where necessary
chemieal closets.
Blackout. In order to meet a demand for youth activities two halls
have been specially blacked out with ventilator shutters.
Renovations and Repairs. Interior renovations were deferred for
economical reasons, with the exception of the lime whiting to
outbuildings.
Cooking and Dining Centres. Additional hot cupboards have been
provided and improvements at the Central Kitchen effected.
Heating. New stoker-fed boilers have been installed at two schools
whilst supplementary heating by overhead electric panels and the
repair of boilers and additional heating surfaces on existing hot
water systems have been carried out.
Sanitation. Defective cold water supplies have been renewed in
four cases, one hot water supply installed and another renewed and
repairs to cold and hot water services due to extreme frosts of the
winter made good and sundry improvements effected.
4. MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The age groups of the children inspected have been those
defined under the three code groups of the Board of Education.
There has been no departure from the Board's schedule of medical
inspection.
The following table gives a summary of the returns :-
A. Routine Medical Inspections -
Entrants 1813
Second age group 268
Third age group 610
Total 2691
Qther routine inspections 114
Grand total 2805
B. Other Inspections-
Number of Special inspections
and re-inspections 22847
5. REVIEW OF THE FACTS DISCLOSED
BY MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Nutrition - The statistical returns relating to nutritional
findings at the medical inspections are given below in the form
required by the Board's Administrative Memorandum issued on the
31st December, 1934.
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