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A complete survey of the schools is made from time to time,
and a considerable number of minor defects are dealt with. The
lighting in some of the schools, chiefly the older ones, is not
altogether satisfactory, though efforts are being made to effect an
improvement in this direction. In no school in the area is there
any arrangement for the drying of the children's clothes and boots
in wet weather. This is a matter which affects considerably the
health of the children, particularly those subject to Rheumatism
and Bronchitis.
If such provision were made, it would be possible for many
more delicate children to attend school during bad weather than
do at present, and there would be a decrease of sickness during
the winter months.
Dinner Hour Arrangements.
In one school only, Spring Grove Central, where there is a
Cookery Centre attached, are children able to obtain a hot dinner
at a low cost. It is fortunate that the Cookery Centre should be
here, because the children at this school are of necessity drawn
from all parts of the district, making it impossible in many
cases for them to return home for a midday meal. At the other
schools in the district it is only a few children who come from a
distance, and in these cases the teachers are most helpful in
supervising the children's tood, and warming milk, etc., when
required.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Parents whose children are found to be defective and who
require medical treatment, are duly informed of the necessity of
medical advice being sought. The children are kept under
observation either in the schools or at the Clinics with a view to
treatment being obtained.
(a). Age Croups Inspected.
Following the Board's Regulations the children examined
were: —
1. All new entrants, 5 year old children;
2. Children of 8 years of age;
3. Children of 12 years of age ;