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in physical condition and appearance. In some cases a stay of from
3 to 6 months has been sufficient to enable certain of the boys to
return to their ordinary schools. No hardship has resulted from exposure
to the changes of temperature or climatic conditions; indeed the reverse
has been the case and the boys appeared to enjoy the open-air life.
Cod Liver Oil and Malt has been administered and extra milk
supplied.
Open-Air Classes.
Open-Air Classes were held in connection with West Green Girls'
School and Page Green Girls' School during the summer months, the
former in the handstand situated in Downhills Park and the latter in a
specially constructed shelter in the playground of the school. The
physical defects from which the pupils in these classes suffered included
arrested and threatened phthisis, tuberculosis of the glands, bones and
joints, bronchial affections, chorea, anaemia and malnutrition. Notwithstanding
the unfavourable conditions due to an inclement summer, the
physical condition of the children, with very few exceptions, showed
considerable improvement when the classes were disbanded in the month
of October. At West Green School Open-Air Class, 18 girls were in
attendance and the average increase in weight at the end of 5 months
was 2-lbs., 13-ozs. At Page Green Open-Air Class 20 girls were in
attendance and here the average gain in weight at the end of the same
period was 3-lbs. 2-ozs. Grade "A" milk and cod liver oil and malt
were supplied daily to all the pupils in attendance at both classes.