[Report 1923] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool.

  • Liverpool (England). Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    St. Michael’s School Bath was in use for 13 weeks. This bath is very small. 130 boys and 145 girls used it each week. Total bathers for summer : 3,700. 42 boys and 34 girls learned to swim during the season. Time is reserved on the Time Table for St. Charles’ R.C., Sudley Road and St. Anne’s C.E. Schools to use this bath. Aiifield Road School Bath. This bath was used by Townsend Lane, All Saints’ R.C., and Holy Trinity C.E. Schools, in addition to the boys and girls of Anfield Road School. The bath was in use for 14 weeks, and 16,300 attendances were recorded. Life saving instruction was given. Longmoor Lane School Bath was in use for 22 weeks, and the children from Rarlow’s Lane School were accommodated. Each week an average attendance of 278 boys and 210 girls was registered. Number of swimmers in Longmoor Lane School : 108 boys, 21 girls. Boater Street School Bath. The heating apparatus was defective at the beginning of the season, consequently the batli was in use for only 10 weeks. Clint Road girls also used this bath. An average attendance weekly of 354 boys and 98 girls was main¬ tained. At the end of the season 88 boys and 29 girls could swim. Sefton Park School Bath. Repairs to the heating apparatus necessitated a late start, the bath being in use for only 7 weeks. 181 boys and 199 girls attended each week, and at the end of the summer 32 boys and 30 girls could swim. Brae Street School Bath. This bath was only put under efficient repair in time to enable the children to use it for 2 weeks. Great progress in the swimming ability of this school is expected next season. Beaufort Street School Bath was in full use for 21 weeks, and during this period a total of 12,870 bathers was recorded (10,000 boys, 2,870 girls). At the end of September, 180 boys and 36 girls could swim. The Head Teacher reports “ the bath has been more useful in enabling us to teach a larger number to swim than in increasing the proficiency of the swimmers.”