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Four girls left school to take up work during 1936. One began to
learn ladies' tailoring, another entered the baby linen workroom of an
old-established firm in London. A girl, whose home is in Essex, became
a sewing maid at a large public educational institution, and another
entered domestic service at a college for women students.
The experiment was tried of fixing a later period in the year than
was usual for the school journey, and so in the beginning of September
a party of senior scholars in charge of three mistresses went to Lyme
Regis in Dorsetshire, where they stayed for two weeks.
Oak Lodge School for Mentally Defective Children.
The Head Mistress has submitted, the following statement :—
During the year 1936 the Tottenham Education Authority has sent
70 children to this Special School. Of this number five girls and
fourteen boys were new admissions, and four girls and seven boys left.
Of the leavers six children were excluded by the School Medical
Officer as unsuitable for further attendance, four reached the leaving
age of 16 years and one left the district.
Reports about the children who have left during the past three
years show that the following are doing well:—
7 children are employed in factories;
3 children are employed in laundries;
1 boy is apprenticed to a carpenter.
Eleven children were excluded as unsuitable and the majority of
these are either in institutions or attending the Occupation Centre.
Reports from those who left over three years ago show that a fair
number are doing excellently, several having kept their situations for
over five years. These report regularly to the school and correspond
frequently. The types of situations are as follows, viz., lorry driver,
housekeeper, machinists, factory hands, laundry hands, etc.