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(b) School for the Educationally Sub-normal.—Miss R. E. A.
Lock, Headmistress, reports as follows:—
"During the year an extension to the main building was completed
and fully equipped with wash basins, constant hot water and
staff lavatories. This has eased the personal hygiene problem
considerably.
"The school is now fitted with radio and radiogram equipment.
We are grateful for this as the younger children benefit from the
music and movement lessons.
"Our children were singularly fortunate during the recent
influenza epidemic. Comparatively few succumbed.
"Students from the E.S.N. Diploma Course of the University
of London continue to use the school for their training."
(c) School for the Partially Sighted.—Mr. G. M. Williams,
Headmaster of the Joseph J. Clarke School for the Partially Sighted,
reports as follows:—
"This school with accommodation for 45 children and a large
catchment area comprising the Metropolitan area of Essex, i.e.
Walthamstow, Leyton, Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford, Ilford
Barking, Dagenham, Romford, Hornchurch, Chigwell, Purfleet, the
Forest Educational Division Area, and the N.E. Middlesex areas of
Tottenham, Edmonton, Enfield, Hornsey and Wood Green, has now
only 42 children on roll, at a time when the school population
figures are running at a high peak. This reflects favourably upon the
high standards of ocular hygiene at large, and on the general
preventative services available for the pre-school child.
"It is now possible that the figure of incidence of partial
sightedness amongst school children given by the Ministry of Education
should be further reviewed, bearing in mind that many of these
children are now catered for in ordinary schools.