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Matron
Nurses
Domestic
Dining accommodation
and common
rooms
Clothing stores
Ward class cupboards
for daily storage
Rooms for medical
treatment
Bedroom, sitting-room and bathroom.
Bedroom each and joint use of sitting-
and dining-rooms.
Non-resident, except cook and two
maids who have a bedroom each.
I domestic staff dining room and
common room; I senior staff
dining-room.
There are three cottages for staff.
12 clothing stores.
One cupboard for each child.
(a) Dispensary in old building for
boys; (b) medical inspection
room used for girls.
The routine of work and play in the school has been sufficiently
described in previous reports.
During the year 188 boys and 165 girls were admitted, and
190 boys and 148 girls were discharged. The children are reexamined
a few months after they leave school to ascertain if their
improvement has been maintained. Of the 289 children who were
requested to attend for re-examination, 39 did not attend for
various reasons. Of the 250 who were examined, 222 showed
continued improvement, but 28 children had had intercurrent illnesses,
and their condition at the time of examination was not
so satisfactory.
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. The children
selected for admission are further examined medically before going
to Clacton, and the discharged cases are examined soon after their
return home. During the year 12 cases were admitted and 10
discharged.
Speech defects. Special classes of from eight to ten
weeks' duration have been carried out at Cave Road School during
the year. They are under the supervision of a qualified teacher
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