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This compares with 4,362 during 1943.
Soon after the opening, in June, of the flying bomb attacks, Plans V and VII
were again brought into operation. The numbers evacuated from the County of
London under these arrangements were:—
Plan V (unaccompanied school children) 40,260
Plan VII (children accompanied by mothers)—
Mothers 23,465
Under 5's 23,901
Over 5's 22,958
70,324
Total for flying-bomb evacuation 110,584
Total of all evacuated during 1944 118,044
Every evacuee from the County was medically examined on the day previous
to leaving London and was cursorily inspected on the morning of evacuation. Some
200 doctors were employed in this connection.
Details of the " special parties " in December were as follows:—
Number of Number in Accompanies
residence modation
Residential nurseries (0-5 years) 25 705 897
„ nursery schools (2-5 years) 38 1,516 1,749
„ schools for physically defective and
delicate children. 9 613 679
,, „ for the mentally defective 7 664 735
„ „ blind, deaf, diabetic and those
with tuberculous histories 11 502 577
Total 90 4,000 4,637
The arrangements made for the medical supervision of these parties are set out
in the report for 1943.
Medical inspection
The number of elementary school children in London in December, 1943, was
247,204; by May, 1944, this had decreased to 239,902, and by the end of the year
the number had further decreased to 175,445, with a school attendance rate of
84.7 per cent.; the number of schools open in December was 668 compared with
741 at the end of 1943.
The usual four age group inspections were continued throughout the year.
Particulars of detailed examinations at elementary schools during 1943 and
1944 are:—
Age group 1944 1943
Entrants 23,614 29,949
Children aged 7 16,118 19,387
Children aged 11 17,857 22,940
Leavers aged 13 plus 21,809 24,626
79,398 96,902
Other ages 16,004 24,944
95,402 121,846
Children in special schools and classes 827 903
Total 96,229 122,749
"Other ages" refer to the children outside the usual age groups who returned
and were examined because no recent medical records were available. The reduction
on previous years is due to damage to schools, and to evacuation resulting from
enemy attacks in March and in the latter half of the year.