ORIGINAL ON 53668/38.
EXTRACT FROM HONG KONG MEDICAL & SANITARY
REPORT 1937
INSPECTION OF PREMISES
At the request of Education Department a number of visits were paid to premises in the uruan districts in order to report on their suitability for registration. Some 614 such visits were undertaken. In many instances premises were found to be used as schools before they had been inspected or registered. l'any of such schools have been found to be very overcrowded, to possess inadequate lighting and ventilation, to lack simple furniture and to be deficient in latrine accomodation, water supply and proper means of refuse disposal.
The existing legislation need£ strengthening on the subject of school hygiene and it is hoped that such additions or amendments as may be necessary will be enacted during IC28.- Certain additional subordinate Health staff will be required to propagate the reasonable standards which it is proposed should be adopted.
It cannot be emphasised too
strongly that by far the best method of teaching hygiene to scholars is by
ensuring that the school premises
themselves are satisfactory from the public health standpoint.
53541/39
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