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Open-air
schools for
non-tuberculous
children.

Open-air
schools for
tuberculous
children.
*Note—The roll of an open-air school may be 20 per cent, above the nominal accommodation.
Plans have been approved for the rebuilding of Bow-road school.
In add it ion to the provision of treatment for tuberculous children in residential
institutions, the Council has the use of the open-air schools (Type T) specifically
for children with quiescent tuberculosis and for those suspected to be suffering from
tuberculosis or living in conditions rendering them particularly liable to the disease.
The tuberculosis officers of the areas in which the schools are situated serve as
medical officers of the schools and pay weekly visits to them.
The six schools—Elizabethan (Fulham), Geere House (Stepney), Kensal House
(Paddington), Springwell House (Battersea), Stormont House (Hackney), and
Nightingale House (Bermondsey)—have a total nominal roll of 618. The number
on the roll on 31st December, 1936, was 546, and the average attendance for the
year was 467.
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 1936, 187 children were
admitted and 174 discharged. Of the latter, 54 were transferred as fit to attend
elementary schools, 82 were fit for work, 32 moved away, 4 were transferred to other
special schools, and 2 were discharged for other reasons (e.g., the distance was found
to be too great for the children). During the year 65 children were also transferred
to institutions for residential treatment for tuberculosis or admitted to hospitals
for various reasons.
Efforts were made to secure that, during 1936, 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.
The following school journeys were made during the year, through the ordinary
school journey organisation:—

In addition, provision was made for a further 49 children in accommodation
specially set aside for the purpose at Millfield convalescent hospital, Rustington.