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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE
Walthamstow Education Committee
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the following report for the year 1924, upon
the Schools and the Medical Inspection and treatment of the
children under your control.
With the exception of the Statistical Tables prepared under
my supervision and the section dealing with defective vision by
Dr. Sheppard, the report has been prepared by Dr. Broderick.
The outstanding feature of the School year was the opening
in February of the Cripple School with accommodation for 50
children, followed in June by the founding of Brookfield Orthopaedic
Hospital with 25 beds.
The initiation of the Hospital on a voluntary basis was made
possible by the assistance rendered by your Committee and the
generosity of the District Council.
It is recognised by the Board of Education as a School and by
the Ministry of Health for the treatment of cases of Surgical Tuberculosis.
Within a few months of opening the accommodation provided
at the School and Hospital was found to be inadequate, and already
(March) another class room has been added to the School.
All the beds at the Hospital, since its opening, have been occupied,
and extension of buildings only awaits a favourable opportunity
and the assistance of some generous donor!
No change has taken place in the number of the School Medical
Staff, and the Clinics, in operation throughout the year, have been
made use of much more fully during the holidays than in previous
years. This was especially noticeable at the Otorrhœal Clinic,