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18. HEALTH EDUCATION.
During the year, two thousand copies of "Better Health"
were issued monthly in Wimbledon. Of these copies, 1,070 were
distributed every month to the schools.
This publication deals with simple health matters, and
there are many indications of the interest with which it is
received.
Short articles on health topics were contributed regularly
by the Public Health Department.
19. SPECIAL INQUIRIES.
No special inquiries were undertaken by the School Medical
Department during 1933.
20. MISCELLANEOUS.
All candidates for appointment as teachers under the
Education Committee are required, as a condition of their
appointment, to pass a satisfactory medical examination. These
examinations are carried out by the School Medical Staff.
Employment of Children and Young Persons. Under the
Bye-laws any school child over the age of twelve years may be
employed for two hours from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and on week days
when the school is not open, for five hours between 7 a.m. and
7 p.m. Certain forms of employment are prohibited. During
1933 ninety-three employment cards were issued to school children
in accordance with the above conditions.
Children who are employed for not more than one hour
in the morning before school must be medically examined
before an employment card is issued to them. Furthermore,
such children may only be employed one hour after school and
then not later than 7 p.m.
Forty-six children were medically examined for employment
during the year. They were all granted medical certificates of
fitness for delivering newspapers and for work in connection
with milk rounds.
No prosecution was taken under these Bye-laws in 1933.
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