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The School consists of two large classrooms on the
ground floor. A third large room on the same floor is used
as the dining room, with a serving hatch leading from the
kitchen.
Dinners are served, and payments up to 4d. a meal are
made by parents, the deficit being defrayed by voluntary
contributions.
The large garden provides ample playground space and
soil for instruction in gardening.
The teaching specialises in Manual Training, Needlework,
Jam Making and Laundry for girls, Gardening and
Basket Work for boys.
The School is situated in almost the exact geographical
centre of the Borough, and is on the main tram route.
Arrangements have been made for the admission of
crippled children from the adjacent neighbourhood outside
the Borough for whom the Surrey County Council are
responsible.
There are 33 Physically Defective Children on the
register, three of whom come from outside the Borough.
The School Medical Officer periodically examines the
children, and the Clinic, being on the same premises, is
always at hand should the Head Teacher desire to consult
him or the School Nurse about any child.
SCHOOL CLINIC.
The Clinic is situated at "Elmfield," London Road.
In January, 1922, alterations were made to a wash-house
and lean-to, converting them into a Medical Inspection
Room and Waiting Room respectively.
The Medical Inspection Room is used also as the Minor
Ailments and Eye Clinics.
Heating is maintained by closed stoves, artificial
lighting by incandescent gas, and there is a supply of hot
and cold water.
The Dental Clinic is situated on the first floor of the
main building, and consists of a Waiting Room and
Operating Room, communicating by an internal door,
which obviates the necessity for a child to return to the
Waiting Room after treatment.
This is a great advantage, especially on days devoted
to extractions under a general anaesthetic.
(a) Inspection Clinic.
The School Medical Officer holds his Inspection Clinic