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Each Clinic serves a special area of the Borough, and a
Nurse is alwavs in attendance during school sessions. The Doctors
attend two or three sessions per week, as required.
Certain defects found at routine inspection are referred to the
Clinics for treatment or for further examination or observation.
The Clinic at Stratford includes two Dental Clinics, and those at
Balaam Street, Rosetta Road, and Swanscombe Street each have
one Dental Clinic.

The above figures do not include the work of the Ophthalmic
Clinic, which appears separately. Each Clinic also acts as an
Inspection Clinic, where cases are seen for further examination or
kept under observation.
(9) Open Air Education.
(a) Opportunity is sometimes taken when weather permits of
holding classes in the playground. Physical exercises, drill and
games are taken in the open air whenever possible.
(b) School journeys to places of educational interest are
undertaken during the Summer months.
(c) School Holiday Camps during the Mid-summer Holiday
are now an established institution. Their value continues to be
increasingly manifest. During 1931, 297 boys attended a School
Holiday Camp at Shoeburyness for a fortnight, and at Dymchurch
Camp 214 girls attended for a similar period. The selected
children were all previously medically inspected and dentally
examined by the staff, special regard being paid to cleanliness,
suitability and freedom from contagion. The Camps were visited
by a special Committee and one of the School Medical Staff.
Extracts from Reports by Mr. T. Taylorson and Miss L. P.
Wise in connection with the School Camps held at Shoeburyness
and Dymchurch during the Summer vacation, 1931, will be
found in the Appendix to this Report.
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