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(a) An Orthopcedic Clinic, established at the Croydon General
Hospital, attended by an experienced orthopaedic surgeon,
and affording advice and treatment for school children, for
children under school age under the Corporation's Maternity
and Child Welfare scheme, and for tuberculous
patients.
(b) Hospital treatment for suitable cases at the St. Nicholas
and St. Martin Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford.
(c) Special treatment, massage, synthetic sunlight, X-rays, or
remedial exercises, either through the Corporation's
clinics, or at the Croydon General Hospital.
OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
(а) Playground Classes.
A playground class was held during the summer months at
the Infants' Department of the Woodside School, some 30 children
selected from those with some physical disability receiving instruction
in a shed in the playground.
An extension of this provision to other schools is most desirable
in the interests of the health and the capacity for education of
the weakly children in the school.
(б) School Journeys.
A large number of the Senior Departments take advantage of
Article 44 of the Code to pay visits during school hours to places
of educational interest. These visits are naturally restricted to
places in the locality, e.g., the Aerodrome, Public Library, Whitgift
Almshouses, the Old Palace, and various industrial works.
(c) School Camps.
A school camp was held during the summer months at Pilgrim
Fort, near Caterham—an elevated site, well wooded, on gravel soil,
lying on the crest of the escarpment of the North Downs, looking
down over the plain of the Weald to the south. The camp is
provided with a piped water supply from the East Surrey Water
Company, is provided with permanent buildings which have been
found readily adaptable for sleeping quarters, messroom, etc.; a
fully equipped cookhouse has been provided ; also satisfactory deep
trench closet accommodation of army pattern.