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206. Respecting school premises and equipment all Government Schools were inspected and reports made. Considerable improvements were effected.
207. The Central British School and the Kowloon Junior School were too crowded. New premises are badly needed for the British children.
208. Schools inspected
1932 1933 Entrants examined 17 19 Defects found 1,078 1,257 Per cent. defects in British Schools 581 640 Per cent. defects in Anglo-Chinese Schools 35.753.9 36.0
56.04
**REINSPECTION OF CHILDREN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.**
Class of School. Year. Re-inspected Improved. No. Percentage. British.. 19321933 121
16 47
6 38.8 per cent.
37.5 Anglo-Chinese.. 1932
1933 943
1,508 519
720 55.03
47.75
209. Most of the subsidised schools and unaided schools, numbering altogether over 1,000, have not been visited owing to lack of staff. The majority of them consist of one or more rooms in an old or newer tenement house with inadequate closet accommodation. As a rule, the teachers welcome inspection and advice..
210. A most important part of the work done by this branch was the teaching of hygiene. Lectures were given to Vernacular teachers.
211. Hygiene is a compulsory subject for English teachers and courses in this subject have been established at the Education Department's Technical Institute.
212. During Empire Health Week a health exhibition was staged in the Hall at Ellis Kadoorie School and was well attended.
213. The School Medical Officer has established at headquarters the beginnings of a health museum where are to be found posters, leaflets, pamphlets, lantern slides, etc., etc.