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BROMLEY CHILDREN'S AFTER-CARE COMMITTEE.
Chairman: Mrs. Mann, b.a., j.p.
Hon. Secretary: Miss E. A. Wise, Farningham, Kent.
Committee:
Miss Bush. Mrs. Petley.
Madame Duché. Mrs. Slater.
Mrs. Drew. Miss D. Tapper.
Mrs. Foster. Miss E. Thompson.
Sister Morgan. Miss Weeks.
Mrs. Palmer. Mrs. Westwood.
Report for the Year 1931.
As was stated in our last report, the reduction in the
numbers sent to the Special School has resulted in a
corresponding reduction on our list. We still visit 61
persons, including ten on behalf of the Kent Mental
Deficiency Committee. Five of these ten suffer from
obvious disabilities, and there can never be any question
of their unfitness to become wage-earners. In addition
to these five, are five others under friendly supervision
who also are incapable of paid employment.
During the past year 21 of our cases have been in
steady employment, 20 have been in and out of work,
one youth has joined the Army, one has been recommended
for guardianship under the scheme recognised
by the Board of Control, and is now working on a farm
near Dover. One girl has disappeared, and all efforts
to trace her have so far failed. One man married, but
his wife left him after three months, and returned to
her home in the North of England. This man has already
one illegitimate child. Another case, a girl, has also
given cause for grave anxiety. Undoubtedly these two
people should be placed under proper control.
We have to record our great regret that the need
for economy has brought about the closing of the Special
School, where by the individual care bestowed upon them,