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C.E. (22) A.P.M. Treated locally and in Brookfield Hospital.
Wears double calipers, but has worked in the same wireless
shop from 1929 until present day.
D.S. (17) A.P.M. onset at 12. The most helpless cripple we
have had. Treated locally and in Brookfield Hospital. Has
now been placed, probably permanently, in a home for
crippled girls. Here she is being trained, to a certain extent,
in needle work.
Miss Thompson, Head Teacher of the Physically Defective
School, reports as follows:—

"The work in the school does not differ greatly from that of a
school far normal children. The standard of attainment in
ordinary school subjects is substantially the same, though the
age at which it is reached is a year or more later, due, of course,
to the frequent periods of absence from school.
"It is the aim of the school to send the children out to the
world's work as well equipped in the mental sphere as possible,
to enable them to compete with their more fortunate brothers and
sisters. Further, as these children will not find their recreation
in the usual sports, their minds are directed to the field of Art in
which it is hoped they will be able to spend their leisure time both
happily and sometimes profitably.
"One boy was sent to the Ley ton Art School this year, and is
doing well. One boy also passed on to the Central School. Of
the three who left school being over age, only one is unable to
work by reason of physical infirmity.
''The new dietary supervised by Miss Langley is based on the
most modern scientific knowledge. It is gratifying to be able to
report that it was accepted by the children after a little persuasion,
and now the most popular dinner is salad and cheese,
followed by a pudding.
"Dr. Ralph Williams made a visit of inspection in May. He
thought the children looked well and pronounced several of the
seniors ' very intelligent.'