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During this period it was arranged that a Nurse was to visit
the School once weekly to inspect the children re cleanliness, freedom
from infection, etc., and a weekly visit has been made accordingly
ever since. It was also arranged that the children of this
School should attend the School Dentist for treatment of teeth,
the School Clinic for treatment of minor ailments, the School Oculist
for treatment of errors of refraction, and that forms be given
for the Local Hospitals for operative treatment of enlarged tonsils
and adenoids. In this way all treatment available to the
Elementary School children was extended to the children of this
School.
The general condition of the children was good at the end of
the year, although the percentage found "defective" was still
high. This was largely due to the number of children who required
an operation for removal of tonsils and adenoids. The
weather at the end of the year was particularly bad, and the
mothers all wished to delay the operation until the better weather.
Most of the children have since been satisfactorily operated on.
By the end of the term the organisation had been completed,
and was running efficiently, all services being made use of with
satisfactory results, which will be embodied in the 1931 report.
I must thank Miss Whittingham for her kind co-operation,
which greatly facilitated the work of medical inspection at the
School.
There are also two Voluntary Nursery Schools in the Borough
which have applied to the Board of Education for recognition,
and this is supported by the Education Committee.
Up to the present no statutory medical examinations have
taken place in the Schools, but children under 5 years of age for
whom operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids is required are
referred for the treatment by the Maternity and Child Welfare
Department.
(19) Higher Educational Institutions.
The Institutions referred to here comprise—
(1) The Municipal College.
(2) The West Ham Secondary School.
(3) St. Angela's High School for Girls (Ursuline Convent).
(4) The Plaistow Secondary School.
(5) The West Ham High School for Girls.
MUNICIPAL COLLEGE.
During the year, two examinations were conducted, one for
boys and one for girls ; at the same time, re-inspection was carried
out of those found with defects during the previous year.
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