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2 (a) at present refuse to allow him to go into an Institution ; a fourth
boy moved away from the district; the girl who left moved back to
Bromley, and re-entered the Special School there.
There has been one fresh entry to an Institution—a girl who was
sent for health reasons to the Bromley Infirmary. She remains in the
Institution, but, we understand, is to be transferred by the Local
Authority.
Our wage earners number twenty. Those who were previously
in good employment have kept their work with one exception, a case
that may require increased care. One ex-pupil seems to be making
good as an expert carver and joiner, and earns up to £4 per week.
The men whose work is of the casual or blind alley kind, have experienced
increasing struggle and privation; they have been out of
work altogether for long periods in some cases; the entries under
the heading " under £l a week " in the wages table include several
in such circumstances.
In the above Table, Institution Cases are not included under
heading 2 (b), nor under heading 4. What duplication there is
occurs in heading 3, where occupations of ex-pupils who have left the
district are entered, if known.
Of the nineteen cases who have left the neighbourhood, all except
one have been reported to other Associations, where such exist, or
touch is maintained by correspondence. One parent has for twelve
years past sent us information about her son.
The Committee have, as usual, shown interest in the School by
assisting in different ways towards the well-being of the pupils ; they
have entertained the wage-earning " old boys '' in the district, and
done what they could to show friendly sympathy towards the
ex pupils and their relatives.
ETHEL BRAZIL,
Hon. Secretary.