[Report 1962] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sailing Sailing is still rapidly expanding and the annual regatta held at Heyhridge Basin catered for a large number of schools and craft. Badminton Badminton is gaining in popularity and the Essex Schools’ Badminton As' sociation held inter'School tournaments at Stanfordde'Hope and Walthamstow. Essex children had great success in the National Junior Badminton Champion^ ships. Basketball The Essex Schools’ Basketball Association was formed during the year, and County matches at various ages were played. Swimming So many children take part in Swimming, it deserves particular mention. Three new indoor swimming baths were completed at Sweyne Grammar School, Rayleigh, Barstable Grammar School, Basildon, and the Technical School, Shenfield, making six such baths constructed since the war. They are extensively used for teachers’ courses and Youth Service, as well as by the children. An interesting exhibition was held at the County Show. A swimming bath of the “Purley Pool” type was erected, and classes of primary and secondary school children demonstrated swimming lessons under their class teacher. Boys and girls of youth age showed swimming strokes, and the large crowd also saw how to lift a sailing dinghy into and out of the water. Parent-Teacher Associations with financial help from the Education Com- mittee continued to install learner pools in primary schools resulting in a big increase in the number of children learning to swim. An interesting experiment is being made at Kings Road Primary School, Chelmsford. Their bath is an open air “Purley Pool,” 40 feet by 20 feet and it has been heated by a commercial firm, as an experiment, both in the water and overhead, and the children were able to continue their swimming lessons until almost the end of November. A swimming certificate has been instituted for physically handicapped chil- dren in order that they may record their achievements in the water, and be en- couraged to make still greater efforts. During 1962 the South-East Essex Women’s Keep Fit Association and the