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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 32
| Classification | Malo | Female | Total | Grand total under headings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Number not exceeding 18 years of age who have left special schools and who were on the books of the supervision section on 31st December, 1938 | 524 | 394 | 918 | 918 |
| (2) Number who after trial have proved themselves to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking remunerative employment | 26 | 27 | 53 | 53 |
| (3) Number employed as under :— | ||||
| (a) Industrial or manual occupations (i.e., factory work, trade or any part of a trade) | 338 | 289 | 627 | |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | 2 | — | 2 | |
| (c) Domestic occupations— | ||||
| (1) Receiving remuneration 5 22 27 | ||||
| (2) Required for work at home 2 19 21 | ||||
| 7 | 41 | 48 | ||
| (d) Commercial, shop assistant, or selling behind a counter, office boys or girls | 8 | 8 | ||
| (e) Gone into army, navy or merchant service | 1 | — | 1 | |
| (f) Blind alley or other precarious occupations (i.e., vanboys, newsboys, errand boys and girls, selling from a barrow) | 83 | 4 | 87 | 773 |
| (4) (a) Number judged to be employable but out of work | 34 | 22 | 56 | |
| (b) Attending polytechnic for further training | — | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| (b) Number whose careers have not been traced :— | ||||
| (a) Not visited and not seen at bureaux | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| (b) Visited but no information obtainable | 14 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| (6) Cases dealt with in addition to above including those who have since :— | ||||
| (a) died | — | — | — | |
| (b) attained the age of 18 years | 341 | 243 | 584 | |
| (c) been dealt with under M.D. Acts | 17 | 7 | 24 | |
| (d) been lost sight of, or have left London | 22 | 18 | 40 | 648 |
Stamford House remand home
The report set out below has been received from Dr. John D. W. Pearce, parttime
medico-psychologist at Stamford House remand home.
During the year 2,188 children and young persons were admitted, of whom 1,732 were male and 456 were female. There was a decrease of 143 in the admission rate compared with 1937.
The variation in admission rate is shown below:—
| 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions from | all areas | 785 | 2,420 | 2,608 | 2,331 | 2,188 |
| " " | London area | 695 | 1,436 | 1,881 | 1,985 | 1,908 |
| " ' | out-county areas | 90 | 984 | 727 | 346 | 280 |
The general observations made on the figures for the previous year apply equally to the
subjoined records.