HEALTH OF CHILDREN.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20428, 24 December 1931, Page 2

HEALTH OF CHILDREN.

INCREASED CLEANLIMBPtf^ (noil 'OUX OWV comumpoxmk) ( , LONDON, November The chief interest in Sir Newman's annual report as Chief Hjlii&ijp''-' cal Officer lies in his extended of what is d6ne in the schools- fflg^Ws. health of the normal child. " VfgHJß'j Sir George places in the order five ancillary andvices which are fulfilling ■ tions, not for the ailing or child, but for normal; children, constitute perhaps 70 per cent. pjpSggtl''' number of. children in attenduofc||M|j^ Increased cleanliness. '' *" Improvement in'nutrition. ■ •ijjaSflßic I Physical exercise. 7 -■ - 'Education in the open air. Teaching of hygiene. "Cleanliness may or may next to godliness. Sir George "but science has now proved doubt that uncleanliness of bodyj&jf%|jflc'' of the predisposing causes of dfieSfWalftS "The better dress of the chi!3rw®SaKi| at once both cause and effect. j&KOF[« self-respecting schoolgirl would. accept an accusation of " without protest or shame.. been a revolution in dress which has-been conducive*"to provement in health.!' - The improvement-in thethe child had been brought aboutpySgjpjg by weans of supplementary schow fwgfflK ing and partly by genera! care of Wy child atf Home arid at school. :.?W...<{SHS thing we may be perfectly sure, -;4Sp!s says, "the school children of the oWBgaM try are better nourished than at *SJ|KjB previous time of , which we have ■a'jSjyi Discussing the contribution to played by physical exercise, Sir writes: "As gymnastics was an eesenwras part of the education of youth, in. wjgSß ancient world, so in our own has become an integral part of ■*H£2 education provided by the State. . With regard to education in t» air, Sir George stages that the duction of the-open-air school institution for the improvement of..■S»Bw health of the debilitated child is deed a sensible, and even nec«B*nrajj| method of healing for a particoiM raf type of child. But what is more sunlight and open air for cliild, sick or well."