Viscountess ASTORasked the President of the Board of Education whether in view of the importance to the nation of healthy conditions for the school child, he will furnish the numbers of elementary schools and the numbers of children on 1902W the registers of such schools in rural and in urban areas in which, respectively, the sanitary arrangements are unsatisfactory, the water supply is inadequate and piped water is not provided, the ventilation is defective, the lighting is defective, there are no playgrounds or inadequate playgrounds without prepared (tarred) surface, or the building is damp or faulty and needing structural repair; and how many of these schools are non-provided and how many provided?
Mr. STANLEYI regret that the information asked for by the Noble Lady is not available in a collected form. The nature of the sanitary arrangements and water supply and the condition of individual school premises are among the matters to which His Majesty's Inspectors give attention when inspecting schools, and appropriate action is taken where necessary.