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I boy and 3 girls; St. John's School, Boston Spa, 2 boys; Oak
Lodge, Nightingale Lane, Clapham, 1 girl; Walpole House,
Brighton, 1 girl.
Epileptic Children.
3 boys: 1 at Lingfield Epileptic Colony, Surrey: 2 at
Chalfont Colony, Chalfont St. Peter's, Bucks.
Mentally Defective Children.
In addition to 147 children accommodated at St. Christopher's
School, 1 girl is resident at the Monyhull Mental Defectives
School, Birmingham.
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S (M.D.) SPECIAL SCHOOL.
The year 1946 has been a year of steady growth and progress
and many children have shown an improvement in I.Q.
We have had numerous changes in the personnel of the staff.
Our heartiest good wishes accompany Miss Appleton on her retirement,
whilst we welcome Mr. Towse, Miss Woolverton, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Corden, Mrs. Corbett, Mrs. Shields and Miss
Cooney to our staff.
Notable improvements of the year have been first the opening
of our own kitchen under the excellent supervision of Miss
Dickenson. Secondly, the introduction of the Senior Boys to
the Cookery Classes. It is an inspiring experience to enter the
Domestic Science Centre at the end of a session and see the
boys and girls packing the evening meal, cooked by themselves.
The menus varying from sausage, eggs or rolls to stews and
puddings. Thirdly, our Christmas entertainment which consisted
of six tableaux from carols, accompanied by a mixed choir
of boys and girls, was witnessed by about sixty parents and
friends.
The whole school has been examined by both Doctor and
Dentist during the year, and many visits have been taken to the
clinics for further remedial treatment.
We have had many visitors from all parts of the country to
view our work and we have benefited bv their interest and
suggestions.
At Christmas each child was given a present from the
Education Committee, and the infants were each given a pair
of woollen gloves knitted by the kitchen staff and their friends.
We thank them all for their kind thoughts.