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There were 65 cases of vulvo-vaginitis reported from the Stamford House remand
home, all of which were removed to hospital. Bacteriological or clinical examination
revealed evidence of gonococcal infection in 27 of these cases.
Open-air education
Provision for education in the open air includes nine day open-air schools
(non-tuberculosis) with accommodation for 1,400 children, and six day open-air
schools (tuberculosis) accommodating 515 children. There are also seven country
and seaside convalescent camp schools, accommodating 520 children for periods
varying from one to three months, through which 3,479 children passed last year,
and 225 open-air classes in playgrounds and parks providing for upwards of 6,000
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 addition to the provision of treatment for tuberculous children in residential
institutions, the Council has provided six open-air schools (type T) specifically
for children with quiescent tuberculosis, contacts of cases of 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 602. The number
on the roll on 31st December, 1937, was 563, and the average attendance for the
year was 472.
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 1937, 165 children were
admitted and 156 discharged. Of the latter, 47 were transferred as fit to attend
elementary schools, 51 were fit for work on attaining school-leaving age, 36 moved
away, 12 were transferred to other special schools, and 10 were discharged for other
reasons (e.g., the distance was found to be too great for the children). During the
year, 68 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 1937, 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.
Provision
Open-air
schools for
non-tuberculous
children
Open-air
sohools for
tuberculous
children