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East Ham 1931
[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.
(b) School Camps.
The Education Committee sent 191 scholars to the East Cowes Holiday Camp during the year 1931, and in addition the following School Journeys were undertaken :—
| Cornwell Senior Boys | 30 |
| Plashet Senior Boys | 54 |
| Lathom Road Boys | 40 |
| Central Park Senior Boys | 30 |
| Brampton Senior Girls | 62 |
| Sandringham Central | 75 |
| Essex Senior Boys | 60 |
| Total | 351 |
(c) Open-Air Classrooms in Public Elementary Schools
There are four open-air classrooms at the Brampton School
and one at Castle Street School, and the benefit derived is very
definitely reflected in the increased brightness and vivacity of the
scholars attending these classes.
(d) Open-Air Day Schools.
There are unfortunately no open-air schools in the Borough.
(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.