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(v) (a) Waking at night, (b) limited fluid intake over 24 hours, and (c)
prevention of tiredness by excessive exertion are all helpful in dealing with
cases.
(vi) Results are not to be expected too quickly.
(vii) The gaining of the patient's interest and confidence are essential
before cure.

The intake of both boys and girls is well above the intake of other children of
the same age investigated elsewhere, and the mineral intake is exceptionally good.
The children were on the ordinary diet supplied for all the residential schools.
Hospital schools
Reference has been made in various sections of this report to the manifold
benefits conferred upon the general school population of London by the appropriation
of the special children's hospitals previously maintained by the former poorlaw
authorities, in particular the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
These hospitals are under the direction of the Hospitals and Medical Services
Committee, and full details of the year's work will be found in Vol. IV., Part I, of
the Annual Report of the Council.
The special children's hospitals are, however, now recognised by the Board of
Education as hospital schools, and education is now being provided in eleven of
these establishments. The following is a list of the hospitals at which schools are
conducted, with their classification and nominal accommodation:—