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(5) New School opened at Stevens Road, Becontree, 1923, replacing
temporary School there. The Church of England Girls
School closed in 1920.
(G)| 1924, the provision of Malt and Oil, etc., granted to
necessitous children when ordered by the School Medical Officer.
(7) 1922, agreement made with Queen Mary's Hospital for
the operative treatment of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, keeping
all cases operated at this Hospital under the direct supervision ol
the School Medical Officer. This agreement has also been made
to apply to the treatment of children under school age.
(8) The arrangements for the following up of defects found
in medical inspection have been completely organised since 1920.
In addition to notices being served on their parents, all the children
found with defects are visited by the School Nurses and the
children are re-examined at intervals at School by the Medical
Staff.
(9) The School Clinic premises were transferred from Oakfield
Road, to Valentines Mansion, in 1925. The work of this
department can now be carried out under satisfactory conditions.
The matters which require the early attention of the Education
Committee are (1) the provision of special schools for mentally defective
children, (2) the institution of an open air school, (3) the provision
of a clinic for remedial exercises and massage for cases of
minor degrees of physical disability such as lateral curvature of the
spine, etc. (4) Further growth of the district will probably entail
the establishment of subsidiary school clinics for minor ailments.
Isolation Hospital.
(1) In 1925 the extensions of the Isolation Hospital were completed
including the erection of a new Nurses Home and the provision
of an additional Scarlet Fever Ward with 26 beds.
(2) The Isolation Hospital was recognised by the General
Nursing Council as a Training School for Nurses in 1924.
(3) Artificial Sunlight treatment provided for cases of Surgical
Tuberculosis in October, 1925.
Further extension of the Isolation Hospital is necessary (1) to
provide cubicle wards for the nursing of cases of doubtful diagnosis,
(2) to provide the accommodation for nursing cases of other infectious
diseases such as Measles and Whooping Cough, for which
the hospital provision in the district is inadequate.