Presented.
Passed.
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2. Professor Simpson's handbook is by no means exhaustive; and, perhaps
for this very reason, is very suitable for a commencement in the teaching of hygiene in the tropics.
I have, &c.,
WILFRED COLLET, Administering the Government.
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of 26th August, 1905,* I have the honour to report that the teaching of sanitation has been systematically carried on in the schools of the Colony during the past year.
2. The subjoined statistics show the progress of the work up to date. A. Examination of scholars in connexion with the annual examination of schools by the Inspector of schools.
Enclosure in No. 13.
PUBLIC
RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
885 /
9 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
REPORT of Committee.
HONOURABLE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY,
THE Committee appointed at the meeting of the Board of Education held on the 17th October to consider and report on the question of the teaching of hygiene in the Public Elementary Schools met at the Council Chamber on Monday, 30th October, at 10.30 a.m.
The Colonial Surgeon attended the meeting.
The Reverend James W. Lord was not present. The following recommendations were made:-
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(1) That the teaching of hygiene should be introduced in the Public
Elementary Schools of the Colony.
(2) That the text book to be used should be Professor Simpson's "Main- tenance of Health in the Tropics "; and, for this purpose, two hundred copies should be imported by the Government to be distributed amongst the managers, teachers, and pupil teachers of schools; also a few samples of the diagrams advertised at the end of the book.
(3) That classes of teachers and pupil teachers should be formed in Belize during the Christmas holidays for the purpose of attending a short course of lectures on hygiene to be given by the Colonial Surgeon:
(a) At the St. Catherine's Convent, for the benefit of the Sisters of Mercy, at which, with the permission of the Superior of the Convent, other female teachers and pupil teachers might attend; and (b) At a suitable lecture room, to be decided upon hereafter, for the male teachers and pupil teachers.
(4) (a) That, on the completion of the course of lectures, the classes should be examined, and those teachers who showed proficiency would then be permitted to teach the subject in their schools, the instruction being limited to Primary Standards V. and VI.
(b) That this should also be included in the list of subjects for the annual examinations for teachers and pupil teachers, on which three or four questions, prepared by the Colonial Surgeon, might be set. (5) That afterwards, the teachers should be required to meet in Belize, and other centres in the out-districts, for a repetition of such lectures, which, in the case of the out-districts, would be given by the District Medical Officer or, in his absence, by a local school manager or a teacher selected for the purpose, so as to ensure that they kept up their knowledge of the subject.
(6) That the attention of the Government should be drawn to page 75 of
Professor Simpson's book relating to the easy purchase of quinine.
A. BARROW DILLON, Secretary to the Board of Education.
No. 14.
LAGOS.
(No. 2.)
MY LORD,
ACTING GOVERNOR SPEED to THE EARL OF ELGIN.
(Received January 24, 1906.)
Government House, Lagos, January 5, 1906. ~WITH reference to the 6th paragraph of your predecessor's despatch, circular,
October, 1902
May, 1903
March, 1905
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285
170
158
B. Examination of scholars for prizes presented at the annual exhibition of school work.
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3. The examination in sanitation has been, for the past four years, the most satisfactory feature of the performances of school children at the Annual Exhibition, and the Exhibition Committee has recently decided that the number of prizes offered for competition in this subject shall be double the number offered in other subjects.
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I have, &c.,
E. ARNEY SPEED,
Deputy Governor.
No. 15. JAMAICA.
GOVERNOR SIR J. A. SWETTENHAM to THE EARL OF ELGIN.
(Received January 29, 1906.)
(No. 15.) MY LORD,
Bellevue, Jamaica, January 11, 1906. WITH reference to the concluding paragraph of Mr. Lyttelton's circular despatch of the 26th August last,* transmitting a précis of despatches received from Colonial Governments on the teaching of the rudiments of hygiene in their schools, and a pamphlet giving outlines. of the scheme of teaching adopted by the English Board of Education, I regret that I have but little to record in regard to the preparation of a manual on hygiene for use in the schools of Jamaica, beyond what is stated in my despatch, No. 228, dated the 6th May last. Subsequently to that date, Dr. Johnston explained that he was unable to undertake the preparation of the manual, though he would assist anyone appointed to do so.
2. In these circumstances, the Superintending Medical Officer, to whom a copy of Mr. Lyttelton's circular despatch was sent, has, with my sanction, undertaken the preparation of the work, with the assistance of the books and manuals with which this Government had been furnished by your Department, and also of Professor Simpson's handbook on the maintenance of health in the Tropics, to which reference is made in Mr. Lyttelton's circular despatch of the 28th June, 1905. When com- pleted and published, six copies of the volume will be supplied you."
I have, &c.,
J. A. SWETTENHAM,
Governor.
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