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The child is again examined by the School Medical Officer
at the School Clinic a fortnight or so after the operation has been
performed to ensure that no further treatment is required, and is
given written instructions as to breathing exercises.
By this means a very complete control of the scheme is maintained,
which has not been previously possible.
The parents pay a fee for the treatment at the School Clinic,
but if the parents' income is below the scale approved by the
Board of Education, the School Medical Officer arranges for
treatment free or at a reduced charge.
47 children were treated free during the past year.
In addition to the treatment of tonsils and adenoids 53 letters
for other ailments were given to Ilford school children to attend
at the Queen Mary's Hospital when hospital treatment was
required.
9. Open-Air Education.— There is no open-air school in
Ilford. 1 have pointed out in my last four reports the need for
such a school in this district. At the end of the year 1923, 96
children were pre-tubercular, 53 of whom were attending the
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
10. Physical Training.— The following is the report of the
Supervising Instructor in Physical Training :—
I. Staff.
During the year no increase in the staff has been found necessary.
11. Duties and Organisation.
My duties as Supervising Instructor in Physical Training remain
as previously, namely, of an advisory, instructional, and supervisory
character as regards the physical training (inclusive of swimming instruction
and organised games) throughout all the schools under the
jurisdiction of the Authority. Such duties include staff conferences
and practical demonstrations, and are governed, as is also the instruction
given, by the Board of Education's Syllabus of Physical Training
for Schools, 1919. Departmental visits have been made regularly and
systematically, each Department having been visited at least six
times during the year.
III. Special Features.
(a) During the year, two additional playing fields have been
allotted in the public parks, and the necessary apparatus provided; in