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Anerley, Ashford, Banstead, Grays, Hornchurch, Hutton, Lamorbey, Norwood, Ongar
and Shirley, have been visited regularly by Dr. Mabel Russell, who has reported as
follows:—
During the year, 33 visits have been paid to residential schools and homes, and 11 visits
to receiving homes.
A survey of the dormitory accommodation in each of the residential schools and receiving
homes was made and, where it was considered necessary, modification of the existing accommodation
was advised.
All the school infirmaries have been inspected and reported upon. In every infirmary, with
the exception of that at one school, there is some isolation accommodation. At that infirmary
the provision of suitable accommodation is under consideration.
Twenty-three cases of suspected vulvo-vaginitis were reported, 6 children were transferred to
hospital, but in every case the pathological report stated no gonococci seen." Following on
two of the cases, which were at first doubtful, visits were paid to the schools, and all the female
child contacts were examined and 12 were isolated and treated in the school infirmary.
During the latter part of the year, there was an outbreak of gastro-enteritis in the Shirley
nursery. Fortunately it was confined to one cottage, which houses the small babies. Many visits
to Shirley have been paid in connection with the outbreak, and a nurse who has been in the
enteritis unit at the Grove hospital was lent to the homo. Her help was invaluable.
Anerley residential school and Grays homes were closed during the year owing
to a reduction in the need for 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. The following is a list of the hospitals at which
schools are conducted, with their classification and nominal school accommodation :—

* The above dates are not identical