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The children were provided with milk and cod-liver oil daily and
there was evidence of both physical and mental improvement when the
girls were examined prior to the closure of the class.
Full-time Courses of Higher Education for Blind, Deaf, Defective
and Epileptic Students:—
These cases are dealt with by the County Authority.
Suntrap Home, Hayling Island.
Suntrap Home is undergoing extensive alterations and reconstruction
and will be available, towards the end of 1937, for the accommodation
of the full complement of children. During the alterations and
reconstruction accommodation has been somewhat restricted.
At the beginning of 1936—
78 children were in residence;
412 were admitted in 1936 ;
414 were discharged;
76 remained at the beginning of 1937.
NURSERY SCHOOLS.
Statement of the work of the School Medical Service in connection
with Nursery Schools, including results of medical inspection and
treatment.
A Nursery School, to accommodate 100 children, is in the course of
erection at Vale Road. It is hoped that the school will be opened this
Summer (1937).
Nursery Classes are held at Lancasterian School and the circumstances
obtaining with respect to them are as stated in the report for
1935.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Statement of the work of the School Medical Service in connection with
pupils attending secondary schools and other institutions of higher education,
showing the provision made for medical inspection and treatment.