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from 1st April, 1926, the school department was recognised as a grade III. special
school, and the salary of the head teacher was increased from that date, to the rate
for a head teacher of a grade III. special school, on the scale applicable to the County
of Surrey provided in the Burnham Award of 29th March, 1925, on teachers' salaries.
The employment in the school, as from 1st January, 1927, of a fourth assistant
teacher was authorised
38. Authority was given also for the employment as an experiment, for twelve
months from 1st April, 1927, of two visiting teachers (one for drill and organised
games, and one for singing), each for not more than two sessions of two hours each
in any one week.
Visiting
teachers.
39. The industrial department has continued to be an important feature of the
activities of The Manor. During the twelve months ended 31st December, 1926,
the sale of articles made in the workshops realised £2,242, as compared with £1,844
during 1925, £1,200 during 1924, and £663 during 1923. The various occupations
of the patients remained as detailed in the Annual Report for 1925 (Vol. II., p. 37).
Industries.
40. The following new works at The Manor nave been authorised. ana put in
hand, viz., enlargement of the recreation hall; additional accommodation for the
house steward's clerical assistants and other minor improvements in the stores:
additional pig-sties and a shelter, to enable pig-breeding to be undertaken.
New works,
41. As from 1st April, 1926, the designation of the senior assistant medical
officer at The Manor was altered to that of " deputy medical superintendent."
Assistant
medical
officer.
42. Authority was given for the employment of an additional assistant clerk
the clerk's office, with effect from 1st April, 1927.
Additional
staff.
43. The boy scout troops and the girl guides companies at the Manor are still
valuable factors in the training, discipline and recreation of the better class of patients.
They are mostly accommodated in separate villas known as the scouts' and guides'
lodges, and they receive special training and privileges. The guides' lodge serves a
useful purpose in the preparation of suitable female patients for domestic service
outside the institution. The designation of the senior nurse who acts as captain of
the girl guides and also has charge of the general workshop, was altered to
" workshop charge and guides' captain," as from 1st April, 1927.
Soouta and
guids.
44. A number of medical officers from the capitals and great cities of the world
visited The Manor during March, 1926, in connection with arrangements made under
a scheme initiated by the League of Nations.
Visit of
foreign
delegates.
Farmfield.
45. The use of Farmfield, Horley for the accommodation of adult and adolescent
male defectives of criminal experience or intractable disposition was developed to
its fullest capacity during 1926. At the end of the year there were 83 patients in
residence (accommodation for 85 cases is provided) and 14 patients were absent on
licence.
Farmfield,
Horley.
46. The effect of the training and discipline afforded upon a particularly
difficult type of defective has been most marked, and the existence of Farmfield for
the accommodation of such cases has enabled the Council to keep its other certified
institutions, and also "contract" institutions, free from the undesirable influence
of adult male defectives of criminal experience and intractable temper.
Progress.
47. Considerable progress has been made with industries, and use has been
made as far as possible of the local labour market to find opportunity for placing
defectives in employment outside the institution, but under the supervision of its
superintendent.
Industries.
48. At the end of 1926 proposals for extending Farmfield to provide additional
accommodation for patients were under discussion.
Proposed
extension.
49. Some spare land, adjoining one of the blocks, has been allocated
provide 33 garden allotments for patients.
to Garden
allotments.