[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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![Physical Recreation in Youth Clubs and Evening Institutes Physica.] Recreation classes in J'R'ening Institutes and Youth Clubs contiinu'd as usual throughout the winter mouths. d'he ^’outh vSports Couuuittee has ensured that a coupweheusive pro¬ gramme of physical activities has been available to members of youth clubs and organisations and on the whole cl isses have been well attended. Basket l^all is becoming increasingly ])opular. For the past few years instruction has been given in one central class, but this year five centres were opened and these are being shared by eight chibs. In addition, as an e.x]ieriment, a youth basket-ball league has been formed. During Ifiofi three Inter-Town Sjiorts Days were held in which over one hundred selected club members took jiart on each occasion. Tw'o of these Days were held in Oxford against Bath and Cambridge and the third was away to Bath. Play Centres Plav Centres were held at the following schools: Barton C. Junior School. Rose Hill C. Junior School. St. Clement’s C.E. Infants’ vSchool. St. Michael’s C.E. School. St. Thomas’ C.E. School. Wood Farm C. Junior School. During the Autumn Term over 500 children used Play Centres weekly. Each Centre now has a flourishing handicraft room where numerous crafts are encouraged, such as needlework, soft toy making, modelling with the use of Plaster-of-Paris, simple cane work and novelties made from foam rubber. MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS Year ended 31st December, 1956 TABLE I Medical Inspection of Pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (including Special Schools) A.—Periodic Medical Inspections Age Groups inspected and Number of Children examined in each New Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,408 Ten Year Olds .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,205 Leavers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,106 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - 3,719 Additional Periodic Inspections .. ..... .. 387 Grand Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,106 B.—Other Inspections Number of Special Inspections . . . . . . .. . . 2,163 Number of Re-inspections .. .. .. . . . . 3,506 Tot.\l * • • • 5,669](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29942834_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
