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The children partake of a two-course dinner sent from the meals
centre at Down Lane. Milk, heated in the cold weather, is provided at
the lunch break; cod-liver oil and malt and chemical food are administered
to special cases.
A trained nurse is in attendance to supervise remedial exercises and
to massage where such treatment has been prescribed and is present in
care of the children during the daily rest period of an hour.
Records are kept of past scholars and much care is given to aid
children to obtain suitable employment. During the year there were
21 admissions and 15 removals. Of the latter, 2 were sent back to
ordinary school cured, 5 removed from the district; the remainder
obtained the following employment: clerical 3, tailoring 1, wireless
apparatus work 1, greengrocer's boy 1. One boy now attends a special
cripple institution to learn tailoring.
Attempts are made to keep in touch with old scholars by visiting
or by letter. The school was established 10 years ago and the list of old
scholars is lengthy.
There have been on the school lists 240 scholars, accounted for as
follows:—
78 are still in attendance.
2 are in convalescent homes.
51 have been transferred to ordinary schools.
16 have died.
2 have gone to industrial schools.
83 obtained employment.
8 are unfit for employment.
The following is a list stating the nature of the infirmities of the
children who attended the school during the year, and their respective
numbers:—
Infantile Paralysis 15
Cerebral Diplegia 4
Other forms of Paralysis 5
Congenital Deformities 2
Genu Valgum 1
Amputation of Leg 4