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There were no school closures during the year through
Infectious Disease.
The following Table gives an analysis of the defects for
which children were excluded from school during the year, by
the Assistant School Medical Officers :—
Exclusions during 1934.
Impetigo 55
Scabies 138
Other Skin Diseases 52
Conjunctivitis 11
Blepharitis 9
Keratitis 2
Mumps 5
Chorea 7
Enlarged Glands 20
Chicken Pox 3
Tonsillitis 14
Diphtheria 2
Scarlet Fever 2
Anaemia and Debility
Bronchitis 12
Heart 1
Otorrhœa 2
Verminous 3
Tuberculosis 135
Tinea Tonsurans:
Treated by X-Rays 6
Treated at Clinic 4
Tinea Body 8
Other Defects and
Diseases 67
561
Total number of
children involved 523
(9) Open Air Education.
(a) Playground Classes.
Opportunity is taken, weather permitting, of holding classes
in the playgrounds, and physical exercises are taken in the openair
whenever possible.
Four schools hold classes during the warmer months in the
open-air on the flat roofs available, and certain schools hold
classes in the neighbouring parks and recreation grounds.
(b) Open-Air Classrooms.
In three of the most modern schools in the Borough, viz.
Tollgate, Pretoria Road and the re-constructed South Hallsville
School, special provision has been made for open-air classrooms.
(c) School Journeys and Camps.
During the year several Departments undertook School
Journeys to different places for varying periods. The children
were accommodated in Boarding-houses or hostels, while some
went under canvas.
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