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of the throat; general cleanliness is insisted upon, and all the
children are specially examined to make sure they are quite fit
to stand the rather vigorous life they naturally live during their
holidays.
Open-Air Classrooms in Public Elementary Schools.—At the
Park Modern School it is possible to turn the rooms into modified
open-air classrooms, and this school and the Open-air School
should be looked upon as standards of school architecture for the
future. Of course, St. Joseph's School is also a school recently
built on modern lines, and I do hope we shall see no more schools
of the factory type.
Ultra Violet Light Treatment.—Ultra violet light treatment
has been carried out at Faircross School during the year, the
total cases treated being 34. The period of treatment of these
cases varied from one month to twelve months and the total
number of doses was 872.
Children diagnosed as suffering from Tuberculous Glands,
Alopaecia, Rheumatism, Anaemia, Debility, Impetigo and Cervical
Adenitis are among those who have derived considerable benefit
from this treatment.
(9) OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS
(e) The Open-air School at Faircross is one of the most valued
possessions of the Local Authority, and I naturally regret that we
have lost one classroom, which is now being devoted to ordinary
elementary education.
I should look with the greatest disapproval on any invidious
distinctions drawn between the children who are attending
Faircross School for ordinary elementary education and those who
attend there for special reasons, because we have been at great
pains to make sure no one attends the Open-air School who is
likely to spread infection, of whatsoever nature such infection