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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 35.7**REINSPECTION OF CHILDREN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.**
Class of School. Year. Re-inspected Improved. No. Percentage. British.. 1932209. 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.
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206. Respecting school premises and equipment all Govern- ment 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
17
19
Entrants examined
1,078
1,257
Defects found
581
640
Per cent. defects in British
Schools
•
35.7
36.0
Per cent. defects in Anglo-
Chinese Schools
53.9
56.04
REINSPECTION OF CHILDREN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.
Re-
Class of School. Year. inspected
Improved.
No.
No.
Improved. Percentage.
British..
1932
121
47
38.8 per cent.
1933
16
6
37.5
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Anglo-Chinese..
+7
1932
943
519
55.03
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1933
1,508
720
47.75
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>>
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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 inspec- tion 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 Educa- tion Department's Technical Institute.
212. During Empire Health Week a health exhibition was staged in the Hall at Ellis Kadoorie School and was well at- tended.
213. The School Medical Officer has established at head- quarters the beginnings of a health museum where are to be found posters, leaflets, pamphlets, lantern slides, etc., etc.
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