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Drinking Water.—*The fitting placed against external wall of
urinal is defective. The supply is drawn from an imperfectly
covered tank.
In regard to the foregoing, the defects were located by the
District Sanitary Inspectors and subsequently were confirmed by
the Medical Officer. At none of the schools was there found any
attempt to provide toilet paper in the w.c's.
It is plain that instructions given by the teachers on personal
hygiene is waste of time, unless facilities be given for the practice
of elementary cleanliness, and teachers be instructed to see it is
enforced. I therefore suggest that the Committee give orders for
toilet paper to be provided in each department, and that head
teachers be asked to appoint one or more sanitary monitors, to see
that elementary cleanliness is observed. As a natural sequence,
instructions will also be required to ensure that hand basins be
kept clean and serviceable, and for the supply of an adequate
number of clean towels in each cloak room.
Some maintain that the schools cannot properly inculcate
the principles and habits of a hygienic life when it is borne in mind
what are the children's own experiences in the slums. Happily in
this district slums do not predominate, and even so, the Education
Authority should not be found wanting in putting into practice
what is preached in the schools. Education being now compulsory
schools have with some justification been described as prisons.
We should see to it that they are maintained in a state of sanitary
efficiency.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The following short resume describes the arrangements made
for the medical inspection of the children. The afternoon sessions
are chosen as it is found to be more convenient for those parents
who desire to be present.
The suggested dates are submitted to the teachers, and if
found convenient, are intimated to the Secretary who informs His