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(7) Establishment of a Special School for Physically
fective Children.—(a) From Table III. it will be seen
that at the present time there are 15 children who are
so physically defective as to be unable to attend a public
elementary school. It may be possible for the Committee
to make some arrangements for teaching
cripple children and others who require to be
taken to school in vehicles, and who further require
special accommodation at school, in connection with the
school for mentally defective children. (b) There are
a number of children also who are suffering from slight
physical deformities, e.g., lateral curvature, defective
chest development, etc., who require remedial physical
exercises, massage, etc., which should be given by a
skilled instructor, under the direction of the School
Medical Officer, at a Special Clinic.
(8) Establishment of an Open-air School.—There is little
doubt that such a school is required in Ilford. There
are numbers of children examined by the School Doctors
who are in a pre-tubercular condition, who would greatly
benefit by a school of this character. There are at the
present time 62 school children attending the Ilford
Tuberculosis Dispensary who are pre-tubercular
EDUCATION' (PROVISION OF MEALS) ACTS, 1906-1914.
There did not arise during the year any necessity to put into
force the provisions of these Acts.
During 1919, three individual children (all of one family)
were supplied with a total of 51 meals, funds being supplied from
voluntary sources.