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All these children are still in employment.
Of the remaining children who lett during the year 1935,
three boys removed from the district and two children
are in a Convalescent Home.
P.D. CHILDREN.
No Physically Defective child remained at school until
the age limit of sixteen years was reached.
The leavers at the age of fourteen years included:
One boy who obtained work in a Chemist's Shop.
One boy who assists in the upkeep of a car.
One boy who acts as lather boy to a Hairdresser.
One boy who is apprenticed to a Dental Surgeon.
One boy who obtained employment in a Shop.
One girl who obtained work as a Box Maker.
One girl who obtained work as a Cigarette Packer.
One girl who is apprenticed to a Florist.
All these, too, are still in employment.
In addition:
Two children were transferred to other schools.
Two children removed from the district.
One boy was transferred to the M.D. School.
Crange Road Special School. P.D. M.D.
Number on Roll December, 1934 63 98
Number on Roll December, 1935 64 86
Number admitted during 1935 24 12
Number left during 1935 23 24
There has been a considerable amount of change with
the children during the year, especially in the P.D. Department;
but there are less M.D. admittances this year.
Concerning the Leavers, the causes of leaving are varied.
The following table shows the numbers at a glance:—
P.D. M.D.
Age limit of 16 years 3 5
Permission granted by S'.M.O. to take up
work 8 10
Residential Homes, Hospitals and
Institutions 5 2
Fit to return to Ordinary School 2 —
Excluded as either Physically or Mentally
Unfit for any School 2 6
Removed from district 3 —
The numbers on the rolls of both Departments in December,
1935, are decidedly lower than they have been for many years now,
and certainly the Defect is diagnosed earlier with the P.D. child,
for out of the 24 admittances to this Department 16 of these were
children young enough to start in the "Infant" Stage Room. This
gives the P.D. child a fairer chance of education, and in the end
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