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Certain defects found at routine inspection at the Schools,
as well as special cases, are referred by the School Doctors for
treatment, but the chief source of attendances is from the special
cases submitted by Teachers.
The Clinic at Stratford includes two Dental Clinics, attended
by Mr. J. S. Dick and Miss H. M. Gubb. The Swanscombe
Street Clinic includes a Dental Clinic, which is attended by Mr.
L. K. Percy; and that at Rosetta Road also includes a Dental
Clinic, and is attended by Miss S. Glasstone. A summary of the
dental work appears in Table IV., Group III., of the Appendix.
The following is a summation of the medical cases attending
the four Clinics during 1928:—
No. of Children
New Cases Admitted Total Attendance Discharged
13878 59371 13548
The above figures do not include the work of the Ophthalmic
Surgeons, which is done at the Balaam Street Clinic, and is
summarised in Table IV., Group II., of the Appendix.
Each Clinic also functions as an Inspection Clinic, in which
children attend for examination or re-inspection only (for various
reasons).
(9) Open Air Education.
(a) Every opportunity is taken when weather permits of
holding classes in the playgrounds; and even in unsettled weather,
suitable sheds enable this to be done. Physical exercises and drill,
as well as games, especially lend themselves to Open Air Classes.
(b) School journeys to places of educational interest, e.g.,
Epping Forest, take place during the summer months of the year.
(c) School Camps. School Holiday Camps both for boys
and girls have now become a regular institution. Their value has
been increasingly manifest the last three years. During 1928,
205 boys attended the School Holiday Camp at Shoeburyness, and
207 girls attended the Dymchurch Camp, for a fortnight each.
The selected children were all previously medically examined
by the School staff as to cleanliness, suitability, and freedom from
contagion, and the Camp was visited by one of the School Medical
Staff.
(d) Four schools hold classes during the summer months in
the open air, on the flat roofs provided, and certain schools hold
classes in the neighbouring parks and recreation grounds.
(e) There is one Open Air Day School in the Borough at
Crosby Road, Forest Gate, with places for 60 girls, from the age
of seven years upwards. The cases are recommended by the
School Medical Staff from their findings at Medical Inspection.
The children are again examined by the Chief Assistant School
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