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Knox Road Special School.
The year 1936 has seen many changes among the children in
both P.D. and M.D. Schools. In the P.D. School 21 children,
and in the M.D. School 25 children have left for various reasons.
Of the P.D. children only 5 and of the M.D. children only one have
remained at School until reaching the statutory age of 16 years.
All those who, having reached the age of 14 years, have received
permission to leave, have obtained and held suitable employment.
The causes of leaving are shown below :—
P.D. M.D.
Age limit 5 1
Permission granted by S.M.0 3 13
Residential homes, hospitals and institutions 2 1
Excluded as unfit for any School — 3
Fit to return to ordinary School 5 —
Removed from the District 6 6
Deceased — 1
The occupations taken up by the children embrace factory
work, work in shops, domestic and laundry work, shoemaking,
and clerking.
The children who have left in previous years report from
time to time, and most of them seem to be in satisfactory employment.
A record of these children is kept in the School.
Crange Road Special School.
P.D. M.D.
Number on Roll, December, 1936 66 78
Number left during year 1936 14 17
The causes for leaving are seen in the following table
P.D. M.D.
Age limit 16 years 1
Permission granted by S.M.O. to take up work 3 12
Transferred to other Schools 1 2
Residential Homes and Hospitals
Removed from District 3 2
Eight of the fifteen children given permission to take up work
have retained their jobs. The remaining seven have held jobs
only for short periods ; they are now unemployed.
Type of Work :
2 Boys and 1 Girl working in Shirt Factory.
2 Boys working as Errand Boys.
1 Boy apprenticed to Tailoring.
1 Girl Dressmaking.
1 Girl working in Jam Factory.
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