rOXDITIONS OF HEALTfl ESSENTIAI, FOR CARRVING OX INSTIU'CTION. 40o 



C. Domestic science and general hygiene, of which the syllabus is as 

 follows : — 



Domestic Science and General Hygiene. — Work and rest, exercise 

 Iiabits, recreation, food, its composition, purity and preparation, its 

 transformation and destination within the body, dietary, water-supply 

 and cleanliness, fresh air and heating, clothing, materials and their 

 selection.' 



Candidates are not expected to master the whole of these subjects, 

 and may choose those which their opportunities of study and observation 

 or their special tastes render suitable, but they are all required to take 

 elementary physiography (A). Consequently the number who will study C 

 is quite uncertain, and in any case the subject is treated in a very restricted 

 manner. 



I hope to procure later on some information as to what is finally 

 required of certificated teachers. 



It should also be noted that the Education Act of 1898, Clause 3, 

 relating to the inspection of secondary schools, states that the inspection 

 should be for the purpose of ascertaining the provisions made for the 

 teaching and health of the scholars. 



Notes from Schools in the Uiiited States. 

 Bepartment of Education, City of New York. 

 Answering your questions in the order in which you state them, I bc^ 

 to say, in answer to question No. 1, that physiology and hygiene are 

 taught systematically in high schools ; physical culture and care ol heatino- 

 and ventilatnig apparatus are taught theoretically and practically. "^ 



In answer to question No. 2 I beg to say that teachers are held 

 responsible for the heating and ventilating conditions in their class- 

 I'ooms. 



In answer to question No. 3, Yes. 



In answer to question No. 4 I beg to say that physicians, under the 

 direction of the Department of Health, visit the schools daily for the 

 purpose of making examination of the pupils. The sanitary conditions of 

 the buildings are looked after by inspectors appointed by this department 

 and also by local superintendents. 



(Signed) William H. Maxwell, 



City Stqjerintendent of Schools. 



Cleveland Public Schools. 



1st. W^e give quite detailed attention to the teaching of the subject of 

 hygiene through our teachers in our City Normal School, which is both 

 theoretical and practical, though largely the former. 



2nd. Our teachers are held responsible for the care of their rooms in 

 respect to all immediate hygienic conditions, including temperature 

 ventilation, and other matters which come under their notice. ' 



3rd. They are not only permitted to make statements in reo-ard to 

 sanitary defects or arrangements of time-tables, but they are required to 

 do so whenever they have special views upon these matters. 



4th. We have had recently appointed a supervisor of physical educa- 

 tion and sanitary conditions of the schools. It is his province, in addition 

 to his work in supervision of gymnastics, to make suggestions on all points 



