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the rest and exercise of each child. Hot milk in the morning
and afternoon and an excellent mid-day meal are provided.
Breakfast may also be supplied to any child who has not had a
satisfactory meal before leaving home.
In accordance with the instructions of the London County
Council that all scholars attending open-air school should receive
an annual holiday, 51 boys and 27 girls were sent to the seaside
for a period of two weeks during the summer. Should any
children not make satisfactory progress, longer periods of convalescence,
varying from three to six months, are provided.
All the children attending Stormont House made satisfactory
progress during the year and 12 were discharged as fit for work,
while 7 had so improved as to permit of their transfer to an
ordinary elementary school.
The School Medical Officer and the Tuberculosis Officers
continue to work in close co-operation in the supervision of
contacts. All healthy contacts and those who, after a period of
observation at the Dispensary, show no evidence of tuberculosis,
are referred to the School Medical Service, and a report is each
child is forwarded to the School Medical Officer. These children
are examined and weighed at regular intervals and should a child
fail to make satisfactory progress or later reveal any symptoms
suggestive of tuberculosis, he is referred back to the Dispensary
for a further opinion. The scheme ensures a more systematic
supervision than would otherwise be possible, and probably
prevents a breakdown in certain cases by the timely provision
of treatment, frequently in the form of a period of convalescence
at the seaside or in the country.
We are indebted to the local charitable organisations for their
valuable help during the year. The Hackney and Bethnal Green
branches of the Invalid Children's Aid Association, have provided
convalescence for our debilitated children. The Charity Organisation
Society has assisted in the supply of instruments, dentures,
clothing, etc., and the National Association for the Prevention
of Tuberculosis, The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, Jewish
Board of Guardians, Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families
Association, Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society, British Legion
and United Services Fund Benevolent Committees, and the British
Bed Cross Society, have given financial assistance in necessitous
cases.
Under an arrangement with the London County Council,
the Invalid Children's Aid Association is also responsible for the
boarding-out of children from tuberculous households. The
object of this scheme is two fold; in the first place, to remove
children from the danger of infection by another member of the