Industrial Schools Regulations




JUNE 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1295

or, if the manager does not regularly reside at the school, by the officer
appointed by him to have charge of the school. In the latter case the
manager shall, whenever he visits the school, peruse the entries made in
the diary since his last visit, shall initial them, and shall deal with any
matter to which his attention has been called by such entries. He shall
also record in the diary every visit made by him to the school.

  1. Each manager of a private school or local school not regularly
    residing at such school shall visit it at least once a week; he shall
    at such visits thoroughly inspect the institution, and the inmates thereof,
    and generally shall make himself well acquainted with the inmates and
    their condition, and with the details of the management.

  2. In every school a time-table showing the daily routine of the
    school must be posted in a prominent part of the school buildings.

  3. At least two women—preferably married women who have had
    the care of children—shall be employed on the staff of each school, and
    one of such women shall occupy the position of matron.

  4. All school buildings must be constantly maintained in a thoroughly
    clean and orderly condition, and all yards and grounds must be kept in
    thorough order.

  5. In general, any officer, teacher, or servant of a school who has
    occasion at any time to communicate with the Department of Education
    must forward his communication to the manager for transmission.

  6. Any complaint made by an inmate to an officer, teacher, or
    servant shall be reported to the manager by such officer, teacher, or
    servant without delay.

  7. Every officer, teacher, or servant shall, without delay, bring under
    the notice of the manager any matter affecting the well-being of the
    school or of any inmate thereof.

  8. No male person shall hold the position of manager, officer, attend-
    ant, or teacher of any school specially set apart for the detention of female
    inmates; and male servants shall be employed at such schools only in
    such necessary occupations as are unsuitable for women.

  9. The manager of any school may at his discretion temporarily re-
    ceive into that school any former inmate of any school: Provided, how-
    ever, that if such former inmate should remain at the school for more
    than one week the circumstances shall be reported to the Secretary for
    Education at an early date.

  10. If a former inmate who has been once temporarily admitted in the
    way specified in the last preceding regulation is readmitted to a school,
    and remains at such school over night, notice must be sent to the Depart-
    ment of Education at an early date.

  11. All managers and officers must make out and forward without
    delay all such returns and statements as may be asked for by the Depart-
    ment of Education. The fact that any form is sent to a manager or
    other officer by the Department must be taken as a sufficient indication
    that the return or statement is to be accurately and promptly rendered.

Sanitation and Medical Attendance.

  1. There shall be a medical officer of each school, who shall have the
    right to visit it at any time. It shall be the duty of the medical officer at
    all times to give the same care and attention to any resident inmate or
    resident officer needing his services as he would to a private patient. He
    shall inspect the school at least once in each month, and shall at such
    inspection ascertain whether the inmates are properly fed and clothed
    and kept clean, and whether the ventilation of the buildings is sufficient, the
    house supply of water pure, and all other sanitary arrangements satisfactory.
    A record of defects in any of these matters shall be made by the medical
    officer in a book to be kept at the school, and called “The Medical
    Officer’s Journal.”

  2. At every inspection by the medical officer all resident inmates who
    have been admitted to the school since his previous inspection shall be
    examined by him, and if he considers that special treatment is needed for
    any such inmate, or if he considers that such inmate is physically or
    mentally unfit to perform the ordinary duties of inmates, he shall make
    an entry of the fact in the Medical Officer’s Journal, and at the same time
    direct such special precautions or treatment as the case requires.

  3. It shall be the duty of the manager to bring under the notice of
    the medical officer the case of every inmate who needs medical attention;
    and the medical officer shall enter in the Medical Officer’s Journal parti-
    culars of the treatment that he prescribes for such inmate.

  4. It shall be the duty of the manager to produce the punishment-
    book to the medical officer, who shall peruse the entries made therein
    since his last visit of inspection, shall write his initials and the date, and
    shall make either therein or in the Medical Officer’s Journal such remarks
    as may seem to him to be necessary.



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🏥 Regulations under Industrial Schools Acts (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
16 June 1902
Industrial Schools, Regulations, Sanitation, Medical Officer, Inspection, Management, Matron, Staffing, Returns, Punishment-book