[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Bristol.

  • Bristol (England). Council.
Date:
1932
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    During 1032, I he ligurcs for the School were as follows :— No. of adnii.ssions ... ... ... ... 47 No. of re-admissions ... ... ... ... 4 No. discharged fit for work ... ... ... 16 No. discharged fit for ordinary school ... 42 No. discharged for other reasons ... ... 5 63 No. on registers at end of 1932 132 Average attendance 123-7 (2) Park Classes. In St. George, Eastville and Bedminster Parks, classes for delicate children are held in the bandstands all the year round. The classes are conducted on similar lines to those of Knowle Open Air School, and have the advantage of being near to the homes of the children. Bed- East- 5^. minster. ville. George. No. on the Registers at the end of 1932 23 25 25 Average attendance for the year ... 21-2 23 2T1 X.—PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION. The closest co-operation e.xists between the School Medical Officer and the Superintendent of Physical Instruction. Children unfit for games and e.xercises, or requiring modifications of these are notified to the Physical Instruction Department, and in the cases of spinal curvature, flat-foot, etc., occurring among students in Secondary Schools special remedial exercises arc given. The Superintendent of Physical Instruction, Major C. P. Rea, D.S.O., reports as follows ;—• “ There has been no change in the .systematic training given in Physical Instruction in the schools except in the newly organised senior schools at Portway, St. Anne’s and Knowle Park. Here the inclusion of a hall, ['laced in a .secluded position, has enabled a more develo|)ed type of work to Ix' introduced. Portable apparatus has been included in the general school equi[xnent so that the children have the o{)})ortunity of taking work of a much more