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On the other hand, the children in institutions are taught
trades, and enabled to support themselves, so that, on the whole,
it would seem better not to withdraw the children already sent to
Margate, but any scheme of Day School for Deaf Children should
certainly in future include the teaching of a trade, which means
keeping the children beyond the present school age.
In Ackmar Road L.C.C. School the Committee have 4 children
who could be withdrawn if this was thought desirable.

Lastly, there is a small group of cripples or otherwise
physically defective children. Three of these should really be in
a cripple school. The other three have special spinal chairs, or
other modified arrangement in school.
There are, therefore needing special provision:—
Mentally Defective or Backward 88
Deaf or Hard of Hearing 20
Cripples or Physically Defective 6
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In considering the question of meeting the need, it would
probably reduce expenses per scholar and facilitate grouping into
classes of more or less similar attainments, if the Committee
invited the neighbouring areas to co-operate. They are also faced
with the same problem, and if Acton provided a Special School, it
might be possible to arrange to accommodate scholars from other
areas.