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the classes of all public schools. It will be seen, therefore, that in 

 Canada health teaching has been developed with great enterprise and 

 originality. 



Australia and New Zealand. 



In health teaching Australia and New Zealand are moving along 

 ines similar to those of Canada and the United States. 



The American Colonies and Possessions. 



Wherever the Americans have gone as rulers and educators, for 

 example, in Hawaii, the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico, they have 

 carried their S3'stem of health teaching with them. 



One very interesting circumstance has modified the American 

 educational system in the Philippines. An American official report 

 states that in these islands "larger place is given to science work than 

 is usual in the public schools of America," and that this is attributable 

 to the influence of Japan. The Japanese in their schools have gi\en 

 special prominence to scientific subjects, with the deliberate intention 

 of counteracting the ancient superstitions of their people. 



British Crown Colonies and Protectorates. 



During recent years a quite unique system of health teaching lias 

 grown up in many of the tropical possessions of the British Empire. 

 The system owes its origin to a medical man, Sir William MacGregor, 

 who was at the time Governor of Lagos. Its rapid adoption through- 

 out the Empire is due to the energy of the then Colonial Secretary, 

 Mr. Chamberlain. 



As the system was designed for native African schools, and in 

 them has met with marked success, it is important for our purpose to 

 learn how it was set agoing. A despatch from Sir William ]MacGregor 

 to Mr. Chamberlain states that the first step he took — a very necessary 

 one — was to win over the education autliorities. He next organised 

 courses of lectures by the medical ofiicers in the leading towns of the 

 colony. These lectures were for teachers and others interested, and 

 were followed by examinations. 



" All lectures," he explains, " were illustrated by lantei-n slides 

 and by such practical demonstrations as occurred to the ingenuity of 

 the lecturer." One of the medical officers. Dr. Obasa, a native, de- 

 livered his lectures in the Yoruba language. In the town, Abeokuta, 

 in which he lectured, the municipal authorities were so impressed that 

 they did what they had evidently not thought of doing before. "They 

 appointed a staff of vaccinators and sanitary inspectors." Di'. Obasa's 

 lectures were published as a text-book for native schools. After a 

 lai-ge number of the teachers in the country had obtained certificates, 

 the subject (sanitation) was included in the school code on a level with 

 the three R's, and organised teaching accompanied by practical demon- 

 strations was set agoinc: in all the schools. 



