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Crosby Road Open-Air School.
The Authority maintains a Day Open-air School at Crosby
Road, Forest Gate, tor 60 Girls ana Junior Boys, from the age of
7 years upwards (see report by School Medical Officer, Appendix
The cases are recommended by the School Medical Staff
from their findings at Routine and Special examinations.
Long periods of attendance at the Day Open-air School are
usually required, as in many instances home influences very often
detract from the benefit that would otherwise accrue. The
children have the benefit of spray baths, breathing exercises and
handkerchief and tooth brush drill; also plenty of rest as well as
lessons in an open-air environment. Good meals with morning
milk are also provided.
Periodical medical examinations are carried out at the school
by the Chief Assistant School Medical Officer.
During the year 7 boys and 11 girls were admitted, and 12
boys and 20 girls discharged.
I am indebted to Miss Davies (the Head Mistress) for the
following report on the School:—
The year 1,935 opened with 75 children on the roll and ended
with 67.
Of the 32 children who left during the year, 25 returned to
ordinary school, six were allowed to leave at the age of 14 years
to take up suitable employment, and one girl was transferred to
Fyfield Open-air Residential School.
During the year, due attention has been paid to the usual
school subjects, and additional time this year has been spent on
physical training, to the decided benefit of the children mentally
and physically, showing chiefly in an improvement in posture and
in an increased readiness of response.
The great stress laid on hygiene and personal cleanliness is
rewarded by the improvement in the general bearing and appearance
of the children, and in a marked gain in self-confidence and
poise.
The garden and the activities connected therewith are a great
blessing to the School, and here again the benefits are moral,
mental and physical. Great enthusiasm and really good material
results were shown at the Vegetable and Flower Show held by
the children in September.
We endeavour to keep in touch and to co-operate with the
parents in every way, and a Parents' Day, held in April, was a
great success. The old girls and boys of the School enjoyed a
Reunion in the form of a Garden Party in July.
Ogilvie School of Recovery, Clacton-on-Sea.
The Authority also retains 10 beds for girls at the Ogilvie
School of Recovery, Clacton-on-Sea. The selected cases are
delicate children found at Routine and Special examinations.
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