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Of the 23 cases of middle ear catarrh, 19 were due to enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
Of the 21 cases of deafness associated with mastoid disease, in 13 both ears were
affected and in 8 cases a single ear.
Residential
schools.
There are 7 residential special schools (2 for blind, 2 for deaf, 1 for defective
deaf, 1 for mentally defective boys and 1 for mentally defective girls) with a total
accommodation for 355 residential and. 215 day scholars. To each school is
allocated a medical officer and provision has been made for dental inspection and
treatment.
Places of
detention.
During the year changes have been made. In the early part of the year the
previous arrangements whereby the girls and younger boys were taken to Pontonroad
and the boys to Pentonville-road were in force. Each place of detention was
looked after by a visiting local practitioner and special cases were referred to the
County Hall for examination and report. From 1st January to 15th June, 1929,
examinations were conducted at the County Hall in 49 cases with a view to ascertaining
their fitness for education in industrial or reformatory schools with the
following results:—
Recommended as suitable for Boys. Girls. Total.
Reformatory school 11 1 12
Industrial school 21 2 23
M.D. industrial school 5 2 7
Dealt with under M.D. Act by being 7 — 7
sent to institutions
41 5 49
During the year, 726 children were admitted to Ponton-road and Pentonvilleroad
places of detention. On 17th June, the Pentonville-road place of detention
was closed, and since that date the children have been accommodated in the Pontonroad
place of detention. The previous arrangements in regard to medical supervision
were discontinued, and Dr. Yerner Wiley, one of the Council's full-time
medical officers, was placed in charge of the institution. Dr. Wiley's report is as
follows:—
Ponton-road
place of
detention.
Dr. Verner
Wiley's
report.
Numbers.—Between the opening of the single unit place of detention at Pontonroad—17th
June, 1929—and the end of the year there were admitted 338 boys and
63 girls of all ages from babyhood to nearly 16 years of age.
Courts.—The Courts dealing with these children and the numbers dealt with
at each Court are as follows:—
Old Street Juvenile Court 111 cases.
Clerkenwell Juvenile Court 54 ,,
Lambeth Juvenile Court 37 „
Tower Bridge Juvenile Court 32 „
Greenwich Juvenile Court 30 ,,
Fulham Juvenile Court 20 „
Bow Street Juvenile Court 16 „
Woolwich Juvenile Court 9 „
Westminster Juvenile Court 7 „
Lindsey Hall Juvenile Court 2 „
Deptford Juvenile Court 1 case
Toynbee Hall Juvenile Court 1 „
London Adult Courts (various) 20 cases.
Middlesex Juvenile Courts (various) 33 „
Education Act, Borough Petty Sessions (various) 20 „
"Place of Safety" admissions and "Lodgers" 9 „