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The child is again examined by the School Medical Officer
at the School Clinic a fortnight or so after the operation has been
performed to ensure that no further treatment is required, and is
given written instructions as to breathing exercises.
The parents pay a fee for the treatment at the School Clinic,
but if the parents' income is below the scale approved by the
Board of Education, the School Medical Officer arranges for
treatment free or at a reduced charge.
51 children were treated free during the past year, and 46
at a reduced charge.
In addition to the treatment of tonsils and adenoids 147
letters were given to Ilford school children, for whom hospital
treatment was required, to attend at Queen Mary's Hospital.
9. Open-Air Education.— There is as yet no open-air school
in Ilford. I have pointed out in my last five reports the need for
such a school in this district. At the end of the year 1924 I had
records of 177 children who had been examined at school and
considered to be in a pre-tubercular condition. 113 of these are
attending the Tuberculosis Dispensary for observation.
In January, 1924, the Ilford Tuberculosis Care Association
forwarded a resolution to the Education Committee, urging upon
them the necessity of providing an open-air school.
In January, 1924, in accordance with the Committee's instructions,
I presented a report, and emphasised the desirability
of establishing an open-air school in Ilford. On the 29th April,
1924, Dr. R. P. Williams and Mr. Cohen, from the Board of
Education, visited Ilford, inspected the Benton Road site and
expressed a favourable opinion as to the suitability of this site
for the purpose of the establishment of an open-air school (with
an initial accommodation of 100 children). At a meeting of the
Special School Provision Sub-Committee on the 14th July, 1924,
the Director of Education reported the receipt of a letter from
the Board of Education notifying the preparedness of the Board