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SUNTRAP RESIDENTIAL OPEN-AIR SCHOOL,
HAYLING ISLAND.
Matron -in -Charge:
Miss O. P. E. Hann, S.R.N., D.N.
Visiting Medical Officer:
A. J. May, B.A., M.B.
Hon. Consulting Surgeon:
Sir Henry Gauvain, M.D., F.R.C.S.
Nursing Staff:
Miss D. Weetman, Sister.
10 Probationary Nurses.
During the course of the year this Residential Open-Air School has
been reconstructed and extended, and now provides accommodation for
120 children.
Situated on the sea front facing the Solent at Hayling Island, in a
mild yet bracing climate, the School is peculiarly suitable for the
treatment of the majority of the maladies which commonly affect school
children, and in particular those resulting from adverse conditions of
living in densely populated urban districts. Cases of debility after
acute or prolonged illnesses, malnutrition and respiratory affections
such as bronchial catarrh and asthma respond well to a period of residence
at the School. The duration of stay is determined in each instance
by the child's progress towards recovery, and varies from six weeks to
several months.
The children are admitted to the School between the ages of five
and sixteen years by one of the following methods:—
(a) Children selected by the medical officers of the Tottenham
Education Authority;
(b) Children recommended for admission by medical officers of
other Education Authorities;
(c) Children referred for open-air or convalescent treatment by
members of the medical staff of hospitals.