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3. School Hygiene.
There are thirteen schools in the Borough, four being Council
Schools (one Special School), the remainder being Church of
England 7, Roman Catholic 1, and Undenominational 1.
Many of the School Buildings are old, but some have been
altered and brought to a fairly satisfactory condition.
The sanitary conveniences in five of the schools are not
satisfactory. They are of the old "trough" type and should be
replaced by more modern fittings.
4. Medical Inspection (Table 1, page 19).
Medical Inspections were carried out during the year as
follows:—
1. Routine Inspections required by the Board of Education.
(a) Entrants;
(b) Intermediates;
(c) Leavers;
2. Other Inspections :
(a) Special children not in the above groups but who are
examined, usually at the request of the Head Teacher.
(b) Children seen at the Clinic, sent by Parents, Head
Teachers or the School Nurses.
(c) Re-inspections of children previously found with a
defect of some kind.
There were 324 entrants examined at the Routine Inspections
and 196 parents or guardians attended.
364 children of the intermediate age were inspected and 417
leavers, i.e., children aged 12 years.
There were 62 other Routine Inspections made during the
year, so that the total number of children examined was 1,167.