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The six schools—Elizabethan (Fulham), Geere House (Stepney), Kensal House
(Paddington), Springwell House (Battersea), Stormont House (Hackney), and
Nightingale House (Bermondsev) have a total nominal roll of 618. The number
on the roll on 31st December, 1935, was 564, and the average attendance for the year
was 492.
Admission to these schools is granted on a certificate of the medical officer of
the Council, and children returning home after a period of residential treatment
in sanatoria are given preference. During the year 1935, 188 children were admitted
and 194 discharged. Of the latter, 45 were transferred as fit to attend elementary
schools, 94 were fit for work, 16 were transferred to institutions for
residential treatment for tuberculosis or admitted to hospitals for various reasons,
25 moved away, 11 were transferred to special schools, and 3 were discharged for
other reasons (e.g., the distance was found to be too great for the children).
Efforts were made to secure that, during 1935, every child in attendance at these
schools should have a holiday out of London either by means of private arrangements
or through the school journey organisation.

In addition, provision was made for a further 36 children in accommodation
specially set aside for the purpose at Princess Mary's hospital for children, Cliftonville,
Margate. They went in two parties for a fortnight each, from 2nd to 16th and
16th to 30th September. The accommodation thus utilised was designated for
the period, "The Holiday School."
Only a very small residue of children failed to receive a holiday for various
reasons, such as removal from district, private arrangements for holiday failing to
materialise, etc.
Convalescent
camp schools.