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In table (iv) the two groups of 'special education completed' and 'special education
continuing elsewhere' are analysed according to the medical reasons for admission. The
numbers in the two groups are shown as percentages of the numbers admitted with the
particular conditions listed. The table shows that approximately three.quarters of the
pupils admitted for each condition are discharged (de.ascertained) as ' special education
completed either on transfer back to ordinary school or on finally leaving school.
The percentages for 'special education continuing elsewhere' are broadly the same for
each of the medical reasons for admission. Had there been a large proportion of pupils
in any particular group it would have implied that the day school was unsuited to that
group. Therefore the result obtained is of importance in that it establishes that there are
no conditions which could be singled out as inappropriate to be dealt with in a day school
for the delicate.

Note:—In this table the pupils transferred to clay schools for the delicate have been excluded, both from the
numbers whose special education is continuing and from the numbers upon which the percentages are based.
This is necessary to make allowance for the inter-school transfers due to change of catchment areas.
Table (v) is based only on the 348 pupils who constitute the 'special education completed
' group, since, obviously, durations of stay would not apply to the other two groups,
whose special education was not completed.
No average durations of stay have been calculated because the periods of stay are spread
over a very wide range, so that averages would be of little value. It may be seen from the
table that overall just over half the children stay between one and three years—those
with the more lengthy duration tending to be those suffering from bronchiectasis and
primary tuberculosis.