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Miss M. L. Balls, the Head Teacher, has kindly sent the following
notes:—
"As the children attending this Centre come from all parts of
Walthamstow and the surrounding districts of Chingford, Woodford
and Leyton, special arrangements have to be made for their
conveyance.
"In Walthamstow, most of them travel on the local trams, all
fares being covered by the Education Authority. In order to
prevent accidents, the Attendance Officers are stationed at the
main stopping places to see the children safely on and off the cars.
Those children living off the tram routes are brought by the
Council's ambulance or bus.
"The Chingford and Leyton children are brought to school either
by a guide appointed by the Local Education Authority or by
their parents.
"A mid-day meal is provided each day, for which the children
pay the small sum of 3d. per day. As in other schools, necessitous
children receive free meals. Milk meals are also provided, either
by the parents' wish or the doctor's orders.
"Between 10th June and 24th June, 40 children were taken by
2 teachers for a school journey to Dawlish, in Devon. Special
lessons in History, Geography, Nature Study and Literature were
given in preparation for the visit, whilst drawings, postcard albums
and compositions formed a record after the return to school.
"Of the children left, 1 boy has gone for training at Tottenham
Court Road Workshops for the Blind, and the remainder are in
good and suitable work."
(ii) Deaf Centre.—The Head Teacher reports a year's successful
work at the School, and that the majority of the older children
were exceptionally intelligent. At the end of the year there were
21 children on the roll, comprising 11 congenitally deaf, 5 semi-deaf,
and 5 aphasic cases. Two of the children were from outside
Authorities. One boy, an aphasic, was allowed to leave at the age
of 14 years on obtaining suitable employment, and excellent reports
have since been received.
The speech apparatus recently provided has been found to have
been of great help to some children.
Your Authority have now sanctioned the utilisation of Dr.
Friel's services in the specialist supervision of the School on 3
sessions per annum. During one of his visits, Dr. Friel tested the
residual hearing possessed by the children. The tests were carried