Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Occupation | Open-Air Section | Physically Handicapped Section | Educationally Sub-Normal Section | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
Light factory work | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 11 |
Packing (factory) | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Building trade | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Electrical Assembly | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Sawmill | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Engineering factory | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Joinery | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Woodwork | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Glass worker | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Electric truck driver | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Garage work | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tiled fireplaces | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Tiler | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Laundry work | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Gardening | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Shoe repairing | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Greengrocers Asst. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Hairdressing | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shop work | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Cinema projectionist (trainee) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Trainee salesman (Hatters) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Painting steel drums | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Machinist | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
Blouse finishing | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Needlework trade | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
General office work | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Several jobs (short) | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Remploy | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Not working | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Left district | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Other Special Schools
Forty Barking children attended other special schoc as follows:—
Category Day Residential
Blind
Partially Sighted
Deaf 4
Partially Deaf 6
Physically Handicapped
Delicate
Diabetic
Epileptic
Educationally sub-Normal
Maladjusted
Convalescence
Ninety-nine children were sent away for periods convalescence
of up to 8 weeks.
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