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OPEN AIR DAY SCHOOL
The Special School for Physically Defective and
delicate children was fully described in the Annual Report
for 1931.
No. on register December, 1937 39
No. admitted during 1938 16
No. transferred to ordinary schools 3
No. left school 5
No. on register December, 1938 47
It is satisfactory to note that as stated above three
children were rendered fit to return to ordinary Public
Elementary Schools.
The children receive morning and afternoon milk, the
cost of which in necessitous cases is met by a voluntary
fund.
A mid-day hot meal is provided at a charge of 3d. or
less, and any financial loss has been met out of a voluntary
fund.
The children are under the supervision of the School
Medical Officer, who, as a routine practice, examines them
once each term, and certain individual cases more frequently
as circumstances require.
Dental inspection and treatment was carried out during
the year, and children needing orthopaedic treatment attend
the Red Cross Curative Post, Norbiton, under the visiting
Orthopaedic Specialist.
The following is a brief summary of the work carried
out in this Special School:—
Medical Inspections:
Regular 104
Special 402
Dental Inspections 33
Found to require treatment 21
Actually treated 6
Orthopaedic Treatment:
Residential —
Non-residential 2
Defective Vision and Squint 7
Cleanliness Surveys 264
Individual children found unclean 2