[Report 1945] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester.
- Manchester (England). Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![In the primary schools experiments have been carried out with portable apparatus, with a view to giving the children a better prepara- tion for the secondary school. Physical Training in the Infants’ Schools has been carried on with success. Various types of apparatus have been supplied following the experiments made last year. The most serious handicap is the lack of small balls—ball training is a most important part of the infants’ training. The Dunlop Rubber Company have helped us by supplying a quantity of tennis ball cores. These together with gifts of tennis balls collected and sent by an officer serving in South Africa, have been much appreciated. Experiments with apparatus of the climbing type have continued, and further schools have been fitted with ropes. The Special Schools continue their physical training, games and dancing. Swimming is included where baths are available. The work at Mobberley Boys’ School is particularly good, and shows the value of a specially trained teacher. At Brookfield Remand Home, the work has continued to improve, and further apparatus has been supplied. It is proposed to include swimming in their programme next summer. Modern Educational Dance The training courses in Modern Educational Dance have continued throughout the year, and considerable progress has been made. This idance is being taught in several of the city schools with success, and Organisers from several other Authorities have been to Manchester to see the development of the work in the schools. Swimming and Life Saving rs it, id & jus During the year 194,024 visits were paid by the children for instruc¬ tion in swimming from the Committee’s swimming instructors, and 12,767 children were given instruction in land drill. The Committee’s specialist swimming teachers are doing sound work. The 1945 test was held at Bradford Baths, on Thursday, 13th Novem¬ ber, when 48 boys and 33 girls were presented for the examination of the “ Hundred of Salford Life Saving Competition.” The standard of swimming was high. The Society made 22 awards to Manchester— 16 for boys and 6 for girls. QtS iof ion arf lil :iei ]di' [it Jtely Organised Games 119 School Departments took organised games on playing fields or crofts during school hours, which represents 356 visits during the winter and 400 during the summer. Additional to this were the many games taken by teachers after school, and on Saturday mornings. There is an increase on last year’s figures, due to the release of some grounds from war service. During the year the Organiser has arranged transport for children from various schools in the City Centre, in order to give the children a chance to play games on grass in the open air. Further schemes are being developed, and it is hoped to transport several thousand children per week to green spaces for games each week.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2992781x_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
