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that at first it was noticeable that the girls were easily tired.
This effect passed off during- the course of the fortnight's holiday
and really long walks were then greatly enjoyed. No
casualties were reported and the children returned to Wimbledon
with a marked improvement in their physique and general
well-being.
10. PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Physical exercises and organised games are carried out
in all the schools, the instruction being given by the class
teachers on the lines laid down in the syllabus issued by the
Board of Education.
Arrangements have been made with the Surrey Education
Committee for a man and a woman physical training organiser,
employed by that Committee, to be available one day each
month to visit the elementary schools in the Borough and
advise as to physical training instruction.
Two teachers attended, for a period of one month, a
physical training course arranged by the Surrey Education
Committee.
A great deal of physical training apparatus has been supplied
to the schools in order that the syllabus of the Board of
Education may be carried out.
Swimming instruction is given at the Wimbledon Corporation
Baths to children over ten years of age. The children
attend once a week and the instruction is given by the
class teachers. The cost of admission to the Baths is three
halfpence for each child and this is paid by the Education
Committee. Under this arrangement 37,000 attendances were
made. This represents a large increase as compared with 1937
when the attendances numbered 22,487. Where swimming is
considered inadvisable for a child on medical grounds, such
as disease of the ears or heart, the head teacher is notified
accordingly by the School Medical Department.
11. PROVISION OF MEALS.
Meals are provided mid-day by the Education Committee
for the children attending the Special School. Particulars
of the meals supplied are given under the section of this
report dealing with the Special School.
No meals were provided during the year for children
attending the other schools. The Education Committee, however,
supplied two hundred and fifty-seven children suffering
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