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As a result of the Medical Officer's periodic examinations, a
number of the children have been recommended certain treatment
as follows: —
Administration of Milk in School 103
,, ,, Cod-liver Oil Emulsion 38
,, ... Virol 3
To see Oculist 8
Treatment for Otorrhcea, etc. 5
To see Orthopaedic Surgeon re Remedial Exercises, etc. 8
To see Tuberculosis Officer 1
Recommendations have also been made to the Head Teacher
as to the amount of exercise individual children should undergo,
and also as to the taking of shower-baths.
During the year a rest shed has been provided with accommodation
for an additional 20 children.
The Head Teacher states: —
During the year 1931, at six-monthly intervals, 1 have continued
tlie Northumberland Standardised Educational Tests, and.
once again the average increase in mental age for the School is
above the adv; nee in chronological age, that is, thirteen months in
the year.
In view of the fact that in 1931 there were (52) fifty-two
children in the school of 8—14 years of age, yet with a mental
age of less than eight years in arithmetic—a. subject which gives
a good general indication of a child's standard of educational attainments—it
will be seen that this rate of progress is considerably
greater than they can have made at any earlier stage of their
school life. In considering the rate of progress of children at the
Open-Air School, it must be borne in mind that m many cases
the children's educational attainments are so low that previous
progress must have been so slow, owing to ill-health with consequent
non-attendance at school, as to be almost negligible. Many children
on admission can only be classified as seven years—itnd until
they pass the barrier of seven years (mental age) their progress,
although it may be considerable, does not appear in the result. As
the average chronological age of the School becomes lower, as is