[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lield in Hull, (listiiig^uislied tlieuiselves by g’ainino' the iiigliest niinil)er of points in the aitgTeo’ate of hoys’ and girls’ events. Seven of onr eoni])etitors were ehosen to represent Yorkshire at the Englisli S(d!ools’ Athletic ('hainpionshij) S])orts held at Bradford. Yorloshire won the Senior Boys’ Trophy and has tlie liighest niiniber of aggregate points. Swimming. During the sninnier term and Se]deniber swimming instruction was provided for children at the Beveidey, Norton Selby, (ioole and Hull baths. We were jdeased to have the i use of the Drittield o])en-air i)0ol oiu'e again during the months of dune and duly. Tt migdit be possible to raise the standard : of swimming instruction at the (Ioole Baths next, year by ? employing' a local instructor. Teachers once again rejmrt 1 that the graded swimming tests offer an incentive to the ; children to imjuove their swimming. During the season 7 : scholars (4 boys and 3 girls) obtained the County Swimming i Certificate. I Dancing. Folk Dancing is enjoyed by many scliools, often under j cram])ed conditions, and is a welcome contribution to the j community life especially in the villages. L Evening Ci.asses and Youth Clubs. ^Aithin Evening Institutes and Youth Clubs classes were I held in Physical Education, Becreative (lymnastics, Folk [ Dancing and Athletics. The Football Association sent an ) othcial coach to visit our clubs to give coacliing in the game. The County sent two teams of vouths to TTuddersfield to t ( ) compete in the A^orkshire A'outh Assocdations’ Cross Country ) Championshi]). The rk)unty A'outh Athletics Festival was ) once again held in Beverley, being well supported by 26 ] organisations. A selected team of boys and g'irls entered the A'orkshire Y^outh S]torts held this year at Dewsbury. O. MYlvAND N. ELTJS-