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and interest in the children has developed—an important
item in acquiring efficiency in a service of this nature. Also
the Juvenile Employment Department consults with the
School Medical Officer respecting suitable employment for
certain children leaving School. Co-operation is rapidly
developing with some firms in the district who are large
employers of our children after they leave School and have
instituted well organized Medical Departments in their
factories.
3—School Hygiene and Accommodation.

Special Subjects School—
The School for Cookery and Housewifery is in
Horticultural Place, and accommodates 36 girls. A special
note on the work in this School will be found on page 92 of
this Report.
The Handicraft and Carpentry School, which was at
one time located in this building, has now been converted
into Offices, and each Boys' School has its own Department
for teaching these subjects.
The Glebe Street Infants' Schools, which is quite
unsuitable for modern requirements, is to be closed as soon
as the new Infant School in Beverley Road is completed.
Marked improvements in the lighting and heating of
certain classrooms were made at the Strand Infants' School.
During the year a systematic examination was made
of the drainage and sanitation of all the Schools by the
Sanitary Inspector.
The following is an Extract from the health report
with reference to this matter: