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A trained nurse is in constant attendance during school hours. Her
duties include those of feeding and attending to the needs of helpless
scholars and the supervision of children during rest periods.
The ages of the pupils on the register range from 5 to 16 years.
During 1936 the number on roll was 79. There were 21 new admissions
and 18 children left the school.
A record is kept of the after-careers of former scholars, and this
register is checked annually. A brief summary is appended:—
Clerical Duties 6
Factory Work 22
Shop Assistants 8
Hairdressing 1
Dressmaking 9
Tailoring 6
Decorating 1
Cabinet-making 2
Sign writing 1
Poultry Farming 2
Hawking 3
Domestic Work 6
Attending Adult Occupational Centre for
Cripples 6
Unemployed on account of Disability 15
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 20
Muscular Paralysis 1
Amputation of Leg 2
Amputation of Hands 1
Injury to Head 1
Hydrocephalus 2
Tuberculosis—
Hip 6
Knee 3
Heart Disease 38
Chorea 2
Talipes 1