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(ii) Deaf School.— As in previous years, following an assessment
of each child's hearing by means of the Audiometer, all
children in attendance were examined by Dr. Francis Clarke, your
Aural Surgeon. Any of the children requiring further advice
during the year were referred to the weekly aural clinic. In
addition, the children were given the usual medical inspection and
re-inspection.
Miss Y. K. Mitchell, the Teacher in Charge, reports as
follows:—

"During the year, four children were admitted—three hard of
hearing and one who appears to be aphasic. Two of the hard-ofhearing
children are from Leyton.
"Three children have left school, a hard of hearing boy to
work in a factory, a deaf mentally defective boy to go to the L.C.C.
Residential School at Penn, Bucks, to learn a trade, and a deaf
girl to work at machine embroidery. Reports of these children
and of old pupils of the school are all very satisfactory.
"One deaf girl, who is now 15 years old, has been attending
the William Morris Central School for the last three years and
having speech lessons for half an hour each day at the Deaf Centre.
The interest taken in her by the Head Teacher and the staff of the
Central School, and her excellent lip reading, are enabling her to
take the R.S.A. examination in 1939.
"The ages of the children range from 6 years to 15 years.
With the inclusion of such different types as deaf, partially deaf,
hard of hearing, aphasic and children with speech defects in such
a small group, the teaching has become very individual, with
different methods for each case. The multitone apparatus is still
used to advantage.
"The children take physical training or dancing each day.
Four bigger boys play football in winter and cricket in summer
once a week with those of the Wm. McGuffie School. In summer,
the senior boys and girls attend swimming classes with the scholars
of the Wm. Morris Central School.