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Old Dislocation of both hips and Subnormal
Nutrition 1
Infantile Paralysis 1
Recurrent Catarrh and Nervous Debility 1
Director of Education:—
Subnormal Nutrition and Debility 1
Tuberculosis Officer:—
T.B. Knee (quiescent) 1
T.B. Cervical Adenitis 1
Orthopaedic Surgeon:—
Infantile Paralysis 2
Others :—
Bronchitis and Asthma 1
Bronchitis and Nasal Catarrh 1
The 36 children not now on the school roll ceased attendance
for the following' reasons :—
Resumed attendance at ordinary School 18
Left the district 6
Left School—Over age 7
Removed from roll owing to illness 3
Admission to South Essex Technical College 1
Removed from School at parents' request 1
109 of the children discharged since the opening of the school
were re-examined at their ordinary schools during 1936, and 102
were found to have maintained their improvement in health, but in
7 cases the children suffered a relapse; 3 of these were re-admitted
to the Open Air School, 3 were placed on the waiting list for readmission
to the Open Air School but have not yet been
admitted, and the remaining 1 is due for further re-examination
at an early date.
Of the children admitted to the Open Air School since its
commencement in 1929, 28 children had never previously attended
school (1 admitted in 1929, 2 in 1930, 5 in 1931, 5 in 1932, 3 in
1933, 4 in 1934, 3 in 1935, and 5 in 1936), and 27 children had not
been in attendance at school for long periods (of these, 4 were
admitted in 1929, 4 in 1931, 1 in 1932, 2 in 1933, 1 in 1934, 9 in
1935, and 6 in 1936).