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It will be seen from this table that the scarlet fever cases were
distributed fairly evenly throughout all the elementary schools.
So far as diphtheria is concerned, it is noteworthy that while most
of the schools were affected, not a single case occurred in the
Alexandra Schools, which were so seriously involved in the outbreak
of 1936. One factor in this freedom from infection is probably
the very high proportion of children in these schools who were
successfully immunised towards the end of 1936.
Immunisation has been carried on as in previous years, an offer
of free immunisation being made to all children in all the infant
departments not previously immunised, and to all other children
whose parents desire it. The total number of children who received
full courses of protective injections during the year was 738, and
a further twelve were undergoing a course at the end of the year.
1,226 were Schick-tested during the year, 694 of these being children
who had been immunised in 1936. 206 children who had received
full courses of injections were awaiting the Schick test at the end
of the year.
IX.—OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
There are no open-air schools in Wood Green and no open-air
classrooms in any of the elementary schools. A certain amount
of use is made of the playgrounds during the summer months for
open-air classes.
In two of the senior schools, however, a form of open-air
education is enjoyed by a limited number of children year by year.
This is the school journey which seems to be a well-established
feature of Bounds Green Boys' and Girls' Schools. In the month
of June, 28 boys and two teachers from the Boys' School had a
school journey for a fortnight at Weston-super-Mare, while 34 girls
and two teachers from the Girls' School went on a school journey
to Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, also for a fortnight.
There was also a School Camp in August at New Romney,
arranged by the Juvenile Organisations Committee for a selected
number of children from the elementary schools. The number of
children sent was 163—80 boys and 83 girls. These children were,
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