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Convalescent Home Treatment.—235 children were sent
away for convalescent home treatment during 1938. There were
80 children remaining in convalescent homes and hospital schools
on December 31st, 1938.
The conditions for which children were sent included the
following:—Debility, 48; Heart, 14; Rheumatism, 11; Chest, 48;
Anaemia, 21; Malnutrition, 11; Nervousness, 22; after infectious
illness, 17; Surgical, 5; Ear Disease, 9; Various, 35.
A total of 37 children were sent to the convalescent homes or
heart homes from the rheumatism clinic. The average length of
stay in all homes has been 11 weeks and 6 days.
14. FULL-TIME COURSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
FOR BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND
EPILEPTIC STUDENTS.
The Authority for the provision of such courses is the Essex
County Council.
15. NURSERY SCHOOL.
The medical and nursing supervision continued mainly on the
lines detailed in previous reports, i.e., (a) examination of new
admissions at the school clinic as soon as possible after admission
to school; (b) stripped examinations of each child once per term;
and (c) annual routine examinations. Parents are invited to be
present at examinations (6) and (c).
Miss Richards, Head Teacher, contributes the following report:—
"Both the health and consequently the attendance of the
children has been considerably better during the winter of this
year than in the preceding years.