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The School Nurses continue to visit all cases of non-notifiable infectious disease, and, as
has been pointed out in previous years, this work takes up a considerable part of the nurses'
visiting time, and when the number of cases is large the other work suffers to some extent.
As is usual in cases of Diphtheria, all home contacts have been swabbed, and in cases where
it was thought that the infection might be in the school, all school contacts have also been
examined.
The campaign in regard to immunisation against Diphtheria has been continued during the
year, and a full report of this work will appear in my Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health.
9.—OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
In previous years I have only been able to say that there is no Special School in the
Borough. This year I can state that an Open Air School is being prepared at Busch Corner
which it is hoped will be ready to receive children in the Spring of 1938.
Accommodation will be provided for 140 children. The Isleworth Health Centre with
the Minor Ailments Treatment Clinic is in the same grounds, and the proposed early opening of
an Ultra-Violet Light Clinic in the Health Centre premises will make a most valuable addition
to the school medical service of the Borough.
(a). Playground Classes.
These are arranged in most of the schools. All the newer schools have a playing field on
the site in addition to a tarpaved area and full use of this is made for teaching purposes. Several
schools make a feature of the School Garden.
(b). Open-Air Classrooms in Public Elementary Schools.
The following recently constructed schools have almost complete open air conditions :—
Heston Junior. Cranford J.M. & I.
Marlborough Infants'. Chatsworth Infants'.
Similar conditions obtain at the Schools at present in course of construction, i.e. Springwell
Infants' and Norwood Green J.M. & I.
(c). School Journeys and Camps.
(a) SCHOOL JOURNEYS. The Education Committee assist School Journeys for
Senior Children by the following grants :—
10/- per head or 50% of the cost per child, whichever is the lesser, plus travelling
and maintenance charges of the teachers.
During the year the following school journeys have taken place : —
Bulstrode Senior Girls—Ryde, I.O.W. 9th to 16th July, 1937. 30 girls.
Hounslow Heath Senior School (Boys)—Bournemouth Rotary Camp, Swanage.
(b) SCHOOL CAMPS. The Committee decided to appropriate £800 allowed for
Coronation Celebrations towards the provision of a permanent School Camp and several areas
have been visited in the Surrey Hills and in Buckinghamshire, but a suitable site has yet to be
found. The Ham Island Camp near Windsor on the banks of the Thames has again been used
by one of the Senior Schools, and the Committee's School Journey grant has been made.
10.—PHYSICAL TRAINING.
The Committee have very carefully considered the question of appointing a Physical
Training Organiser in conjunction with the Middlesex Education Committee's scheme for the
organisation of Physical Training, but they have decided that the time is inopportune. In each
Senior School a fully qualified physical training specialist has been appointed and suitable
gymnastic apparatus—such as wall bars, benches, ropes, and mats have been provided. At the
Spring Grove Central School a new fully equipped gymnasium has been built. The following
is a brief description : —
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