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School Camps.
(b) Camps were held in connection with three schools—New
Beckton, Lathom Road and Walton Road—during the summer.
In the case of New Beckton School the camp was held at
Great Bookham, Surrey, from 3rd to 17th July. Fifty boys
between the ages of 12 and 14 years attended. The cost of the
camp was £91 9s. 8d., of which the Education Committee contributed
£2 15s. 7d.

The age limits for the boys were 10 to 14 years. In all 82
boys attended the camp, 60 for three weeks and 22 for two
weeks.
The total cost was £135, of which the Education Committee
contributed £35.
Walton Road School boys were in camp at Sunninghill, near
Ascot, from 1st to 15th July. The number of boys who attended
was 50, the ages ranging from 12 to 14 years. The total cost
was .£100, of which the Education Committee contributed £30.
School Journeys.
(c) The boys' department of Brampton Road School organised
a School Journey to Tun bridge Wells from 6th to 13th May.
Twenty boys, whose average age was 13¼ years, attended. The
total cost was £30, of which £15 was contributed by the Education
Committee.
The girls' department at Brampton Road School arranged a
School Journey to Chichester from 9th to 16th June. The girls,
who numbered 30, were housed in the Y.W.C.A. hostel. The
average age of the girls attending was 13½ years. The total cost
was £42, of which £17 were defrayed by the Education Committee.