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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number UWT/D/17/40
Title'Physical Efficiency'
Date1933 - 1945
DescriptionReports and publications relating to a Government 'National Fitness' Campaign. These include:
NUWT Education Committee notes on Physical Training
'The Campaign for National Service', report by the National Peace Council, 1938
Report of North and North Counties Physical Education Conference, 1933

Publications including:
'The Central Council of Recreative Physical Training - what it can do for you'
'Report of the Grants Committee to the President of the Board of Education', National Fitness Council for England and Wales, 1939

Ministry of Education Rules and Orders, Circulars and Administrative Memorandums on:
'Physical Training and Recreation Act, 1937'
'Physical Training and Recreation - Memorandum explaining the Government's proposals for the development and extension of the facilities available', 1937
'Clothing and Shoes for Physical Training', 1936
'Physical Training (Clothing) Regulations', 1945
'Physical Training Clothes for School Children', 1945
'Memorandum on the Constitution and Work of Local Juvenile Organisations Committees', 1938

Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of events and training organised as part of the Government's 'physical fitness' campaign
Arguments for and against conscription and National Service
Necessity of schemes to feed undernourished children and the benefits of this on their education
Report on calls for free gymnasiums and fitness centres for children
News leaflet from The Central COuncil of Recreative Physical Training, 1937
Extent1 folder
AccessStatusOpen

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