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in the afternoon chemical food, and cod liver oil and malt is administered
in special cases.
A trained nurse is in constant attendance. Her duties include
feeding helpless children and attending to general needs. She supervises
remedial exercises when these have been prescribed. Every afternoon
certain cases rest; this is taken in the open air when possible.
The age ot the children varies from 5 to 16 years and the number on
roll is 76. During the year 31 were admitted and 29 left.
A record of the after-careers of children is kept, and a brief summary
is given below:—
Clerical Work 6
Factories 31
Shop Assistants 4
Hairdressing 1
Dressmaking 4
Signwriting 1
Decorating 1
Learning Tailoring 2
Hawking 2
Adult Occupational Centre for Cripples 3
Unemployed because of Defects 10
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
Pseudo-hypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy 1
Congenital Deformity 1
Amputation of Leg 3
Amputation of Hands 1
Injury to Head 1
Congenital Dislocation of Hips 1
Hydrocephalus 2
Tuberculosis—
Spine 3
Hip 3
Knee 5
Heart Disease 38
Chronic Nephritis 1