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Hendon 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE XXXIII.The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Hendon Public Elementary Schools during the past five years :—

TABLE XXXIII.

The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Hendon Public Elementary Schools during the past five years :—

Small PoxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaMeaslesChicken PoxMumpsWhooping Cough
1930161248263426819187
1931—1241061404449268
193238477927261247245
1933—2358266130243267
1934—425687972657931
1935—13168121295370253

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OPEN AIR EDUCATION.
No special open air school has been established in the area,
but all the new schools which are being erected are on semi-open
air lines, as has already been referred to in the section under
School Hygiene.
SUMMER CAMPS.
The Juvenile Organisations Committee organise Summer
Camps each year. In 1935 it was possible to send 200 necessitous
school children for one .week's holiday to the seaside as under:—
100 girls Dymchurch.
100 boys Walmer.
During the period May to October approximately 678 boys
and 138 girls from 42 organisations made use of the Mote M&unt
Camp Site as compared with 392 boys and 65 girls in 1934.
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
The physical training in the schools is carried out by the
teachers in accordance with the syllabus of the Eoard of Education.
All the children in the Elementary Schools participate, with
the exception of those who are excluded bv the School Medical
Staff. Any child suffering from a degree of deformity requiring
special remedial exercises is referred to the Orthopaedic Clinic,