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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

East Ham 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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would make this possible. A much larger waiting room is urgently
necessary to enable the children to have a comfortable period
of rest after treatment before they leave the building.
9. OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
(a) Playground Classes.
In a few cases playground classes continue to be held
occasionally.

Table: (b)School Camps.The Education Committee sent 139 Scholars to the Dymchurch Holiday Camp during the year 1928, and in addition the following School Journeys were undertaken:—

(b)School Camps.

The Education Committee sent 139 Scholars to the Dymchurch Holiday Camp during the year 1928, and in addition the following School Journeys were undertaken:—

Walton Road Boys28
Piashet Senior Boys40
Lathom Road Boys25
Kensington Avenue Boys40
Hartley Senior Girls25
Fourth Avenue Boys36
Central Park Senior Boys27
Brampton Senior Girls30
Sandringham Central100
Total351

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(c) Open-Air Classrooms in Public Elementary Schools.
None of the classrooms in the schools of the Borough have
been constructed on the open-air principle.
(d) Open-Air Day Schools.
There are unfortunately no open-air schools in the Borough.
(See also 17 page 111).
(e) Residential Open-Air Schools.
There are no such schools under the direct control of the
Local Education Authority; the Committee, however, have continued
to send a certain number of children, for whom such treatment
would be beneficial, to the Ogilvie School of Recovery at
Clacton-on-Sea.