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Each Clinic serves a special area of the Borough, and a
Nurse is always in attendance during school sessions. The Doctors
attend two or three sessions per week, as required.
Certain defects found at routine inspection are referred to the
Clinics for treatment or for further examination or observation.
The Clinic at Stratford includes two Dental Clinics, and those at
Balaam Street, Rosetta Road, and Swanscombe Street each have
One Dental Clinic.

The above figures do not include the work or the Ophthalmic
Clinic, which appears separately. Each Clinic also acts as an
Inspection Clinic, where cases are seen for further examination or
kept under observation.
(9) Open Air Education.
(a) Opportunity is sometimes taken when weather permits of
holding classes in the playground. Physical exercises, drill and
games are taken in the open air whenever possible.
(b) School journeys to places of educational interest are
undertaken during the Summer months.
(c) School Camps. School Holiday Camps during the Midsummer
Holiday are now an established institution. Their value
continues to be increasingly manifest. During 1929, 266 boys
attended a School Holiday Camp at Shoeburyness for a fortnight,
and at Dymchurch Camp 264 girls attended for a similar period.
The selected children were all previously medically inspected and
dentally examined by the staff, special regard being paid to cleanliness,
suitability and freedom from contagion. The Camps were
visited by a special Committee and one of the School Medical Staff.
(d) Four schools hold classes during the warmer 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 Day Open Air School at Crosby Road for
60 girls from the age of 7 years upwards. The cases are recommended
by the School Medical Staff from their findings at Medical
Inspection.
The children are re-examined prior to admission. The
scholars are also periodically examined, and many of them attend
a neighbouring Clinic. A long period of attendance is usually required,
as the home influences very often detract from the benefit
that would otherwise accrue. The children have the advantage
of good meals, morning milk, and plenty of rest, as well as lessons
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