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FYFIELD RESIDENTIAL OPEN-AIR SCHOOL
During the year 1947, 110 boys and 91 girls were admitted,
and 112 boys and 90 girts were discharged. The children are
re-inspected a few months after they leave Fyfield to ascertain
if their improvement has been maintained. Of these, 195
children who were requested to attend for re-inspection, 32 did
not attend for various reasons. Of the 163 who were examined,
142 showed continued improvement, but 21 children had not
maintained their condition and were given the opportunity of
having a further stay at the school. During the year the Chief
Assistant School Medical Officer made monthly visits, with the
exception of August. The number of reinspections carried out
at these visits during the year under review was 1,091, being
572 boys and 519 girls.
EMPLOYMENT OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. It
was thought to be of some interest to know what type of occupations
were adopted by handicapped children on first placing
after leaving school. The following is an epitome of the information
kindly supplied by the head teachers of the schools
concerned :—
Educationally Sub-normal (Knox Road). It is found from
previous records that boys usually take up some form of manual
labour in the factories in the neighbourhood—become "tea
boys" with builders, or van boys. The girls take up routine
work in sweet or toy factories and work in laundries. The
majority find work of some description. During the year there
were 16 leavers (10 boys and 6 girls), who obtained work as
follows: —
Boys Girls
Factory 4 5
Van boy 1 -
Shop 1 -
Building 2 -
Flour mills 1 -
Unknown 1 1
In addition, 2 girls who were school leavers were unfit for
employment, and 1 of them was admitted to an institution.
Physically Handicapped (Grange Road):
Nine children (4 boys and 5 girls) reached school-leaving
age:—
Boys Girls
Shoe-repairing 3 -
Unfit for work 1 -
Working at home - 2
Nursery-school helper - 1
Needlework - 2
Deaf and Partially Deaf (Tunmarsh Lane):
Five children (3 boys and 2 girls) left school at the age of
16 years:—
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