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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you the 19th Annual
Report on the School Medical Service.
The proposal mentioned in my last Annual Report that a
Special Class for Mentally Defective Children should be
established at Silvertown has unfortunately not materialised,
owing to failure to obtain sanction thereto from the Board of
Education.
A scheme has been formulated to erect a Residential Open
Air School, to accommodate 60 girls, on the land at Fyfield
now owned by the Education Committee, and on which is
situated the Residential Open Air School for Boys. An Institution
of this type would be a great boon to those girls whose
regular attendance at ordinary schools is restricted owing to
delicate health. (The Board of Education have not as yet
given their sanction to this Scheme.)
It is with great regret that I have to record the death of
Dr. P. J. S. Nicoll, who had been your Consulting Medical
Officer for over 30 years. By his decease the Authority has
lost a valuable official and the staff a loyal colleague.
The medical examination of children for admission to the
Mentally Defective and Physically Defective Schools, previously
carried out by the late Dr. Nicoll, has now been placed under
my control, and the examinations will be undertaken in future
by my Chief Assistant, Dr. F. B. Skerrett.
The Summer Holiday Camp for Boys, inaugurated in 1925.
proved so satisfactory that this year arrangements were made
for two Camps of this nature—one for Boys at Shoeburyness,