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whose employment as Speech Therapists is approved by the Minister
are those who have been admitted to the Register of Medical
Auxiliaries.
Under the circumstances the Minister of Education (Administrative
Memorandum No. 101) issued an instruction that, from 1st
November, 1945, Speech Therapists employed by Local Education
Authorities shall be treated as members of the staff of the School
Medical Service and shall not thereafter be regarded as teachers.
Prior to the transfer on 1st November the two Speech Therapists
employed by the Education Authority had been working in
close collaboration with the school medical staff. It is proposed
that a summary of their work will be included in future annual
reports of the School Medical Officer.
SCHOOL CAMP, ITCHINGFIELD.
The School Camp at Coopers Farm, Itchingfield, near Horsham,
Sussex, which was controlled by the Leyton Education Committee
for the purpose of evacuation from April, 1940, ceased to function
for that purpose in July, 1945.
Following the issue of Ministry of Education Circular 17
inviting Education Authorities to apply for the use of National
Camps for educational purposes, the Essex Education Authority
decided to take over the tenancy of this Camp for an initial period
of 12 months, and three parties of approximately 240 children each,
spent periods of five weeks, five weeks and four weeks respectively
at the Camp during the period 14th September to 21st December,
1945, on which date the establishment closed for the winter. The
Camp is available for all Senior children from the Forest, Leyton
and Walthamstow Divisions, with the places divided equally
among the three areas. It is the intention of the Authority to
continue to send parties of 240 children for 10 periods of 4 weeks
each throughout the calendar year.
In addition to these places available for normal children,
arrangements have been approved by the Education Authority for
the reservation of a limited number of places (from 10 to 15) for
straightforward cases of convalescence (boys and girls) from the
3 areas concerned. Four girls were sent to Camp for convalescence
under these arrangements during the period July—December, 1945,
and the experiment proved so successful that it is proposed to
continue to take full advantage of the facilities available at the
Camp for these selected cases. Convalescent cases will normally
spend three months at the Camp.