[Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1931
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Playing Fields and Playgrounds. The help of the Committee towards the provision of playing fields for the elementary schools is much upiireciated. It should be possible for every school to have access to a playing field for organised games, but there are still schools even in rural areas, such as Piaughton Plead, Welton, Plumbland, etc., where it seems impossible to secure a field for organised games. It is all the more necessary that this provision shall be made since, despite the Com¬ mittee’s progranmie of reconstruction in council schools, there are still many poor playgrounds in the County. SwixMMING. WiGTON Baths. Boys and girls from the following schools have attended Wigton Baths once ^ler week for instruction in swimming: — Wigton National, Wigton B.C., Blencogo, Boltons, Bromfield, Abbeytown, Kirkbride, Aldoth, Waverton, and \\^estnewton. Whitehaven Baths. Twenty boys from each of the following schools attend Whitehaven Baths for one half hour per week:—Cleator Council, Montreal, Moor Row, Thornhill, Lowca, Moresby, Sandwith, Barton, Hensingham, and Distington. There is a real demand for places for girls, and provision for them should be considered. The following children have gained the Education Committee's certificates: — Wigton and District ... Whitehaven District ... First Class. Second Class. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Total 1'2 7 ... 18 22 ... 59 S _ ... 23 _ 31 On Wednesday, Sejitember BOtli, the “ Mdgton and Districts iSchools Swimming Association arranged a Swimming Oala. for all the children who had attended during the season. The great im])rovement in the standard of attainment shown by all competitors was noticed with ])leasure by the large nund)er of parents, teachers, Countv](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132411_0064.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
