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attend the Chiswick Schools, one may look forward with
confidence, if this increase in attendance of children
under five years continues, to a still fuller realization of
the Ideals of the School Dental Service."
(h) Crippling Defects and Orlhopoedics.—There is no
Clinic in this district for the treatment of these defects, but
the Board of Education and the Ministry of Health are shortly
to be asked to give their consent to a scheme for establishing
a treatment centre for School children, and for those attending
the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic, in conjunction with
the Royal Orthopoedic Hospital.
9—Open Air Education.
Chiswick has no Open Air School, but the Hogarth
Infants' and the new Beverley Road Infants' Schools are
designed to allow much more fresh air in the classrooms than
in the older type of buildings. Classes are held in the playgrounds
whenever possible, and gardening is taught in some
Schools.
10—Physical Training.
Increasing attention is being paid to this important
detail of the school life, and the latest methods of training
are adopted. There is a marked improvement in the physical
development and "carriage" of the Leavers as compared
with those conditions of a few years ago. In some Schools
the infants are taught a modified form of Eurthythmics. The
children are taught to swim, and teachers often give up much
spare time to coach them in football, athletics, tennis and
net-ball.
11—Provision of Meals.
The Provision of Meals Acts, 1906-14, have not been
adopted in Chiswick.