[Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ((j) We have very little in the way of g'aine.s apparatus in the 8eh()()ls. 'Tlie Woodwork I)('j»artnienl lias doiu' its share in improving t lu' yiaieral store: at tiu' Hoys* (’lass, Xort<jip Mr. Oldfield is niakin^' tliriH' sids (d’ Jnniiiin^' stands, and when these' are finished he will slai'l on rmindi'i’ hats. Individual Schools have* hy tlu'ir own elforts collected money and houyiit apparatus. Small rural ScIkhiIs usually have a cricke't out lit, and tlu' older cliildreii iu tlii' Schools are' making licaii liag.s for ri'lay race's, and Infants' wooll'.m balls, luit we iK'e'd ,'<ouK' syste'iu feer su]ti)lyiiig appai'atus to e've'ry Schejol in the' Uieling. Tlu'i'e' is a shoi-tage e>f feiotballs, skii»])ing ropes, and rublier halls, auel iiethall ap]iaj’alus. (7) Ve'i'.v fe'w Sclunds had any ele'liuite' sche''Uie of weu'k for the ye'ar, and ge'iu'ra lly only half a 'Table' is given iu one* lesson, ne> game's and ve'ry fe'w activity uioveme'nt s. The work has he*en at a standstill on ace-ount ed’ the' change fi'oni flu' IlMttt syllabus tei t lu' lU'vised Hook, but now that e'ach te'ae-he'r is Jlro^•jele'd with a copy, each class she>uld have' a tixi'el selieme for the year. TlIYSKpTK AM) DkI’OU IMK.N r. (S) In all the S( liexds 1 have ins]»ecte'el, the general jiliysiiiue has be'c'n ve'iw goenl. There' are a fe\v sjieeial cases who reepiire breathing e'xe'rcis''s for e-oiit racte'el chests, and shoulder blade work, but tlu're' are' ve'ry few case's of Scoliosis, and these are eeiily slight ones. The' de'portmeul is iml good, the' childre'U are sle>w and their walking ])ONilions are': ungainly auel awkward. f )KMe)XSTl{ATIOXS. id) A denionst ratiem was held at AN'ithe'rnsea on Saturday, June the .Itli. '■fhre'e' k'ssoiis we're' give'ii. Hoys' (’lass VI. and Vll., Hirls' (’lass II. ami Infants, and one' class gave' seve'i'al (’ountry and Se-andinavian Dance's, d’lu're' was a goenl atte'lielaiice, auel the' teaclu'rs se'euie'd iute're'ste'd, and seve'ral epiestious were asked about the weirk. Oil Saturela.v, .Inly the' 10th, there' was a similar ele'iiionst rat ion iu Norton at the (Mrls' Se-hool, anel the following Saturday at Oilbe'rdyke (’ouncil School. SuejemsTioxs axd Imi’uonkaiex’js fou u.usixe; Tin: staxdakd of I’liisieAi, TuAixixe; THimreiiiouT the Hidixg. 1. Teachers’ (’lasse's lu'lel at all the (’entres Avhere demonstrations have been taken. '2. Teachers who show a spt'cial apt it nek' fe>r the sub.iect- should specialise in it. o Schools Avhere there is ne> accommoelation coulel be helpcHl by renting a small tield for the summer months, and where there are Institutes or Harish Kooms aA’ailable, these might lie obtained for a small sum during the winter. I. A Sports’ Association formi'd in I'ach district and a Final Sports' Day for the Hiding. The sauh* could be done for games. t Signed) D. Hici c; s.