[Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council.

Herefordshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1964

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Credit: [Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Aided and encouraged by the Education Committee, the Authority’s teachers continue to give up theii' free time to attend courses and voluntary activities, and it is very largely due to their keen support that the importance of physical education in the life of the schools has been so successfully established. DOMESTIC SCIENCE INSTRUCTION. The work of the Home Economics Department in the secondary schools continues to be aware of the necessity of teaching good home making. The schemes of work include money management, choice of house, building societies, mortgage rates, local government, hire purchase, wise buying of home equipment, together with the running of the home. Several boys are now included in these courses, which often lead to them taking a catering course at Hereford Technical College. Some of the Health Visitors are taking short courses on the bringing up of young children with the older girls in the secondary schools. This is proving most helpful.