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Housing Conditions:Subsoil.—No relationship was found to
exist between the type of subsoil and the incidence of rheumatic
infection. This finding was similar to the findings of the three
previous years.
Drainage of Subsoil.—64 of the houses were sufficiently
drained and 65 were well drained; and in 40 drainage was
problematical. 144 of the houses showed no signs of dampness;
12 showed traces; 14 were damp and none was very damp.
Aspect.—The commonest aspects of the houses were : S.E.,
29;S.W.,26; E.,22; N.E.,21; N.W.,26; S.,19; N.,19;
W., 26.
The bulk of houses in which cases occurred were ordinary
terrace houses (112) or semi-detached (63), and definite overcrowding
was found in no family.
The economic status of the families from whom patients
came was: poor in 11; average working class, 89; better working
class, 43; clerical work, 33; and professional, 17. The
interior home conditions could be classified as: clean, 121;
moderately clean, 33; superior, 35; and in no instance definitely
unsatisfactory.
Open-Air Education.
There is as yet no open-air school in Croydon. Playground
classes were held during the summer months at Woodside
School. There was no extension of these classes during 1931.
Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children.
Full statistical details are given in Table III. of the Tables
required by the Board of Education, Appendix III.
Blind Children.
1 boy and 3 girls are resident at special schools for the blind,
The institutions which these children attend are as follow: Royal
formal College for the Blind, 1 boy ; Hants and Isle of Wight
Blind School, 1 girl; Chorley Wood Blind College, 1 girl; and
Barclay Blind School, Brighton, 1 girl; these are residential; 17
children attend the Special Class for Myopic Children; 1 girl
attends the Elm Court Blind (Day) School, West Norwood.