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This school, which was rebuilt and extended in 1937, was formally
opened by Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board
of Education on the 7th May, 1938.
It provides accommodation for 120 pupils, and children are received
not only from Tottenham, but also from other districts. The conditions
obtaining at the school render it particularly suitable for children suffering
from asthma, bronchial catarrh, debility, malnutrition, anaemia and
functional nervous affections. The duration of stay is determined by
the visiting medical officer and varies from six weeks to several months.
The majority of the children admitted to the school are selected by
the medical officers of the Tottenham Education Authority. All applications
for admission from other sources are submitted to the School Medical
Officer in order to ensure that only suitable cases are admitted. This
officer visits the school at frequent intervals.
During the year the total number of children admitted was 520.
Of this number 377 were from Tottenham schools and the remaining 143
were children from other Education Authorities. Most of the scholars
derived considerable and lasting benefit from their stay at Suntrap
School, the exceptions being those who suffered from asthma. While in
residence at the school their symptoms invariably subsided, only to
recur on return to their homes.
In September, during the period of the international crisis, most
of the pupils attending Vale Road School for physically defective children
were evacuated to Suntrap and remained in residence there for one week.
Convalescent treatment has also been afforded through the agency of
the Invalid Children's Aid Association, at the King Edward VII Memorial
Seaside Hostel, Bexhill-on-Sea, and at convalescent homes maintained
by hospital and other authorities.
The School for the Deaf.
This school accommodates 80 boys and girls, and of these 21 are
resident in Tottenham and the remainder come from 8 neighbouring
districts. Deaf, semi-deaf and aphasic children are admitted, and