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In this table one fifth are noted as likely to be suitable for intermediate schools, three-quarters
as likely to materially improve, only 10 per cent. unfit to earn their own living, and twice this number
as able to contribute towards their own support. These figures seem to err on the side of optimism.
In the First Report to the School Board (page 22) on the examination of about 500 children in
the special schools, the judgment as to future capacity of these children was that roughly one third
would be capable of materially contributing to their own livelihood after leaving ; one third would
partially contribute, but required an after care association of some kind to keep watch over them,
whilst the remaining third should not be allowed to mix with the general community, and ought to
receive some kind of permanent custodial treatment.