[Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.
- Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![which T would like to draw ]')articular attention, namely the inadequate facilities for all the year round swimming. There is need for at least two new indoor baths similar to the one at Cowley. The lack of these facilities, and the increasing realization of the importance of swimming, both from the health and safety point of view, has led to a number of requests for small instructional outdoor baths at individual schools. The Education Committee has undertaken to assist these praiseworthy voluntary efforts but I do not feel that this is the right solution. Such small baths, if they are to be safe for the children using them, must each have a mechanical system of filtration and chlorination. In my \hew it is uneconomical to provide such small baths, which in any case can only be used for quite short periods of the year, when what is really needed are two large indoor baths providing far better facilities, and which can be used throughout the whole year. Once again I should like to thank the Chairman and Members of the Special Services Sub-Committee for the interest they have at all times taken in the School Health Service. My thanks are also due to the Chief Education Officer, and all Head Teachers for their very willing co-opera¬ tion. As usual I have been able to rely on my own loyal and hardworking staff and am most grateful to them all. Dr. Willson and Miss Hunt have borne the main burden of the day to da}^ administration of the service and have been largely responsible for the compilation of this report and to both great credit is due. Yours faithfully, J. F. WARIN.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29942834_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
