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Table: TABLE VII.—MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.After-histories of Hornsey children who left the Joint Special School, 1921-1926.

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TABLE VII.—MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.

After-histories of Hornsey children who left the Joint Special School, 1921-1926.

No.	Sex.	Date of Birth.	Date of Leaving.	REMARKS as to career since leaving school, present industrial status, etc.
1	Boy	18/ 6/07	18/11/21	Is reported to be working as an electrical engineer, and to be doing well.
2	Girl	23/ 1/08	9/ 9/21	Was a housemaid in a doctor's family for three years and reported as "Excellent." Now a ward-maid at a large hospital.
3	Girl	25/ 4/09	26/ 8/21	Attended for two years and then excluded by S.M.O. as "ineducable." A "mongolian." Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Helping at home.
4	Boy	13/10/07	26/ 8/21	Excluded from school by S.M.O. as "ineducable" and notified to County for Inxtitutional treatment. Still at home. Does shopping and minds house, as the mother has to work to help support the boy.
5	Boy	26/ 6/08	26/ 8/21	Excluded by S.M.O. as "ineducable." Notified to County for Institutional treatment, and is now at Stoke Park, Bristol.
6	Boy	15/ 4/13	26/ 8/21	Attended for six months and then excluded by S.M.O. as "ineducable." Mentally defective and physically defective. Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Still at home.
7	Boy	1/ 3/06	10/ 6/21	Has assisted father as upholsterer since he left school and is quite useful.
8	Boy	3/ 5/09	3/ 6/21	At Leavesden Mental Hospital, Watford. This boy left the school after three years, to enter a blind institution. Notified to County under Section 30 (e) of the Mental Deficiency Act.
9	Boy	20/ 2/05	8/ 4/21	Helping father as chimney sweep. Pushes barrow and runs odd jobs. Very useful.
10	Girl	7/ 9/14	18/ 5/23	Excluded by S.M.O. and notified to County for Institutional treatment. Still at home.
11	Girl	26/ 9/06	12/ 1/23	Notified "strongly" to County for Institutional treatment on account of "lack of moral control." Is in an institution at Caterham.
12	Boy	30/ 8/13	21/12/22	Entered private residential institution.
13	Girl	17/ 9/10	10/11/22	Excluded by S.M.O. and notified to County for Institutional treatment. Still at home. Child has improved, but is unable to do anything for herself.
14	Boy	15/10/11	13/10/22	Notified to County for Institutional treatment after exclusion from school by S.M.O. Now at Stoke Park Institution, Bristol.
15	Girl	2/ 2/06	1/ 9/22	Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Still at home, doing daily domestic work.
16	Boy	2/ 8/06	7/ 7/22	Several situations have been found for this boy through the Juvenile Employment Office. Now acting as parcel carrier. It is reported that his brother has taught him a good deal in the evenings.
17	Girl	5/ 9/10	16/ 6/22	Left district.
18	Girl	15/ 3/06	28/ 4/22	Notified to County for Institutional treatment. No use for domestic work, but reliable with children. Helping at home.
19	Boy	—	6/ 3/25	Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Assisting father as greengrocer and still doing well.
20	Girl	15/ 6/08	23/ 1/25	Notified to County for Guardianship after remaining at school until she was 17 Working in a fried-fish shop, earning £1 per week.
21	Boy	27/ 4/10	23/ 7/24	Was working with builder, but is now out of work. Would like to get a job at carpentry. Seems clever with his fingers. Tall boy and well set up; can only write his name.
22	Girl	16/ 1/08	2/ 5/24	Notified to County for Guardianship. Child at first worked at a surgical instrument maker's, but was unsatisfactory. Now assists father as tailor's presser and doing well.
23	Boy	4/11/07	11/ 1/24	Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Working at home at basket-making. Doing well. General appearance good.
24	Boy	27/ 5/09	28/ 9/23	Deceased.
25	Girl	6/ 6/07	31/ 8/23	Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Child is epileptic as well as mentally deficient. Still at home. Doing daily domestic work.
26	Boy	28/ 4/07	31/ 8/23	Notified to County for Institutional treatment. Now assisting milk roundsman Unable to do anything else.
27	Boy	20/ 2/10	16/ 4/26	Working on a poultry farm in Essex and stated to be doing well.
28	Boy	31/12/09	4/12/25	Admitted to Council School from Darenth Institution. Left school on attaining age of 14 and had several jobs—unable to keep any work. At parents' request, the boy was examined by the S.M.O. and certified as mentally deficient. Family have now left district.
29	Girl	31/10/11	13/11/25	Left school to enter Convent School. Now re-admitted to Special School at parents' request.
30	Girl	20/ 5/11	11/ 9/25	Doing daily work.
31	Girl	8/ 6/08	28/ 8/25	Doing bead work.
32	Girl	12/ 5/09	28/ 8/25	Engaged in daily domestic work and doing well.
33	Boy	24/11/12	12/ 6/25	Has now been certified as fit to attend ordinary school.
34	Boy	21/ 2/11	1/ 5/25	Working at a laundry, where he has been since leaving school. Doing well.
35	Boy	2/12/10	1/ 5/25	Working at a laundry.
36	Boy	14/ 9/08	13/ 3/25	This boy has been found several situations through the Juvenile Employment Office, but has been unable to keep any. He is now assisting a milk roundsman.