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"I have to record my appreciation of all my colleagues on the
staff, teaching, nursing, welfare, domestic and transport, for their
valued Co-operation in the work of the school."
Swimming Instruction for cases of Poliomyelitis.— This has
been in operation in Walthamstow for some four or five years, and a
weekly bus party is made up from the special schools.
17. FULL-TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
FOR BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND
EPILEPTIC STUDENTS.
The authority for the provision of such courses is the Essex
County Council.
18. NURSERY SCHOOL.
Miss F. D. Harris, the Headmistress, reports as follows:—
"Attendance was very low in January owing to an outbreak of
measles just before school broke up at Christmas. For the rest of the
year the children kept very well, and every advantage was taken of
the good weather in the summer. The annual medical inspection was
held in May. Eighty-five children were seen and only one eye and
one dental appointment had to be made."
19. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Health Education.
(i) Good Grooming.—19 lectures on good grooming were
given at schools during the year.
(ii) Mothercraft Lectures.— A series of Mothercraft lectures
were given each term throughout the year at Markhouse Road
and Sidney Burnell Schools by the Health Visitor/School Nurses.
These lectures have been extended this year to include other
secondary schools, namely George Gascoigne, Wm. McGuffie and
Coppermill Road Schools.
(iii) Health Lectures.— One of the Health Visitor/School
Nurses gave a talk on "The Value of Rest and Relaxation in the
Home" to the mothers of children attending the Nursery School.
The Walthamstow Education Group arranged a talk on
"Health and the Teacher—Fitness in School and for Life" by
Dr. A. Mearns, Medical Adviser to the Scottish Council for
Health Education. The medical and nursing staff were invited to
attend.
(iv) "Better Health."— This journal was circulated each