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During 1925 a residential Open Air School to accommodate
80 boys was opened at Fyfield, near Ongar, Essex. The benefit
derived by the children who have been fortunate enough to be
sent to this School has been remarkable. The School has now
been open for two years, and not a single case of infectious
disease or serious illness of any kind has occurred. I am of
opinion that such a School is one of the most valuable assets in
the Institutional treatment of children.
It is very striking that during the recent epidemic of
Influenza not a single case of Influenza occurred at the Residential
Open Air School, though all the public and private Day
Schools in the vicinity of the Institution had to be closed
owing to the extent and severity of the epidemic.
A Day Open Air School, to accommodate 60 girls, has
been open for two years within the Borough at Crosby Road.
Housing.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest Restriction.
Act, 1920.
The total number of certificates granted by the Authority
under the above Act during the year was 56.
Housing particulars during 1926 in the form desired by
the Ministry of Health.
Number of New Houses erected during the year—
(a) Total—including numbers given separately under
(h) 38
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts—
(i.) By Local Authority Nil
(ii.) By other bodies or persons Nil
1. Unfit Dwelling Houses: Inspection—
(1) Total number of Dwelling Houses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 12,981
(2) Number of Dwelling: Houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 4,648
(3) Number of Dwelling Houses found to be in a
state so dangerous or iniurious to health as
to be unfit for human habitation Nil