EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 253, 25 April 1912, Page 7

EDUCATION BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The meeting of the Taranaki Educa- . I tion Board was continued yesterday, when there were present: Messrs H. Trimble j (chairman), W. Rogers, McL. Kennedy, - A. 'Morton, G. A. Adlam, R. Masters and Jas. Young. OVERSEER'S REPORT. The overseer (Mr. C. IF. Moore) reported on the various work in hand as fol- ' lows:—At the Oaonui residence the tank had been removed and a new one erected on another site. The drainage had been attended to and various repairs effected. The erection of a new bath- ' room at Pihama had been completed, as had also the painting of the school and ' residence. . Various repairs had been attended to at the Puniho residence. At Okato a new tank and new lavatory basins had been put in, besides considerable drainage. Both the Lower and i Upper Mangorci schools had been paint- f J ed inside and out, register grates and lavatory basins -had been put in, drain- ; age and general repairs attended to. The new school and residence at Waihi were well under way and would be completed next month. The Awatuna residence was being attended to, and he suggested that while in the district they - should erect the washhouse, bathroom ; and scullery at Mangahume. He also' ■ asked for instructions re the verandah ' at this residence, for which the Department had refused a grant. As instructed, plans had been prepared for the shelter shed at the Central School and a new i school at Vogeltown. Tn planning the ■ school he had taken into consideration the fact that in the near future it might be necessary to add several more rooms to the school, which would eventually become a fair-sized school, and he therefore proposed that the whole of the foundations should be of concrete, the two class-rooms to be built of brick. The floors of the porches would be. made permanent, but the outside walls would be of wood and unlined. so as to be easily replaced with brick in making additions. The board decided to erect a verandah at the Mangahume residence. CADET OFFICERS' CAMP. Captain Stevens, staff officer for the Junior Cadets, informed the Board that he was aware that a week's holiday had already been granted to teachers for the purposes of an Easter camp, but for i many reasons it was found impossible to hold the camp at that time. It was proposed, however, to hold the camp at Hastings from May 24 to June 1, and he wished to know if the Board would consider applications from teachers for extra leave for the camp, as the Wanganui Board had done. Members of the Board did not feel disposed to grant the necessary leave. It was pointed out that leave had been granted at Easter, and extra leave would disorganise many schools, as some twenty teachers were affected. A suggestion was thrown out that the camp should be hi Id in the winter. I MUMPS. f The regulations of the Department of , r Public Health provide for the exclusion | from school of children suffering from { J any infectious disease, or who had been exposed to infection from any infections disease for a specific time. In regard to mumps, it provides that the patient shall be kept home for one month, and any contact for three weeks. Tt was pointed out by the headmaster of the Central School that often, one member of a fam- i ily took the mumps just as the time for exclusion had expired, which meant a further term of 'exclusion for the family. In the case of a large family it might mean that the members attending school might be kept away for months. The matter was communicated to Dr. H. Chesson, acting district health " officer, who replied that tl.e ■'::. >.;' the I contacts developing mumps on the eve of returning to school only proved the necessity for exclusion for the stipulated . period. The fact, too, that a case might be of a mild nature, only rendering the j patient seriously ill for a few days, did not lessen the chance of infection. The period of incubation, i.e., the time between exposture to, the disease and the actual'development of mumps, during the time which the disease was in the system, was, according to recognised authorities, from eighteen to twentyfour days. He therefore thought that the time specified in the regulations, viz., 21 days, was both reasonable and necessary. Exclusion for the. prevention of infectious diseases was not so likely to have a bad effect on the attendance as would be the case if the contacts were allowed to attend school and affect a large number of other children. GENERAL. The Board decided to grant the Bird School Committee a £ for £ subsidy t for stumping and clearing two acres of • the horse paddock. The Board could not make a grant towards trimming the trees. The matter of painting the Tnglewood school and erecting an -office for the headmaster was referred to the chairman to enquire into. The overseer was instructed to attend to the chimney at Stanley School. The Pukcho School Committee was granted ,€2 10s for the purpose of the erection of three gates. The Denbigh School Committee is to be informed that the Board does not find cupboards for school libraries. The overseer was instructed to report to the chairman with ref renee to the ventilation of the Oakura -chool. In reply to the Board's letter re removing the Whangainomona powder magazine, which was about to be erected close to the school, Mr. G. T. Murray, Resident Road Engineer, reported that after carefully trying other sites, that was found to be the only site that would suit for a magazine, and that it would have to be erected there. He would, however, take all reasonable precautions to make it safe. Mr. C. H. Bullard, Commissioner of Crown. Lands, wrote that the request for a school site in Tahora township would receive consideration whoa the township was being dealt with. ECZEMA CURED. "Rerona Ointment removed a patch of Eczema from my face in leas than a week in a manner that was positively startling," writes Mrs Jane Robinson, of 3 Commodore street, Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W. 'This patch of Eczema was very unsightly, and beally I was ashamed to go out of the house. It was located on one eide of my nose and all round my mouth. The pain and irritation from which I suffered were intense. This Eczema had been on my face for about four years when I started to use the Rexona. I had tried all sorts offOintments and othelr remedies, but all without any effect at all. After a few applications of Rexona, however, the irritation was much decreased, and the Eczema scabs began to come off, leaving new skin underneath. The improvement kept up day by day till aJll the scabs were gone, and a perfect new skin apI peared where the disfiguring Eczema ( formeMy was. There is something in I that Rexona Ointment that acts like the I touch of a magic wand, and the wonderj fully speedy cure has astonished and delighted me." Price Is fid and 3«. Obtainable everywhere.