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140
Others:—
Subnormal nutrition 2
Post chorea 1
3
The 41 children not now on the school-roll ceased attendance
for the following reasons:—
Found fit to resume attendance at ordinary School 29
Left the district 6
Admitted to Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Country
Branch, Stanmore 1
Unable to benefit by reason of mental defect 1
Physical condition retrogressing 1
Admitted to a Convalescent Home 1
Admitted to West Wickham Heart Home 1
Admitted to Sanatorium 1
All cases discharged from the Open-Air School, and subsequently
re-admitted to ordinary schools, are re-examined at school.
Of the 41 children ceasing attendance during 1931. 24 were readmitted
to ordinary schools and are being kept under observation.
5 being over 14 years of age did not return to ordinary school.
41 of the children discharged since the opening of the school
were re-exarnined at ordinary school during 1931 and 37 were
found to have maintained their improvement in health, but in
4 cases the children's condition was stationary.
Of the children admitted to the Open-Air School since its
commencement in 1929, 8 children had never previously -attended
school (of these 1 was admitted in 1929, 2 in 1930, and 5 in
1931), and 8 children had not been in attendance at school for
long periods (of these 4 were admitted in 1929 and 4 in 1931).
A Medical Officer has, since the inception of the School,
attended one half-day every alternate week to examine and report
upon special oases, and a routine examination of every child has
been carried out at the end of each six months. One of the School
Nurses attends monthly to take the heights and weights of each
child.