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Ealing 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.
The number of boys and girls employed out of school hours in accordance with the Byelaws with respect to the Employment of Children is given in the following list, together with the nature of the employment:—
| Boys. | Girls. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errands | 101 | Shop Cleaning | 3 | |
| Milk Round | 31 | House Work | 1 | |
| Newspaper Round | 33 | |||
| House Work | 4 | Total | 4 | |
| Baker's Round | 25 | |||
| Light Delivery | 2 | |||
| Delivering Parcels | 13 | |||
| Delivering Goods | 24 | |||
| Delivering (Butcher) | 2 | |||
| Helping in Shop | 6 | |||
| Total | 241 | |||
All these children were medically inspected during the year
and 33 were found to be in such a condition of health that their
employment was discontinued.
Twenty children were found in the course of routine medical
inspection to be emplo3red without being registered under the
Byelaws and two were found to be under age.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Under this heading are noted all examinations carried out
at the Health Centres, including children referred by the Education
Committee, Head-teachers, School Enquiry Officers and School
Nurses.
Children are submitted for inspection at the Centres on certain
days of the week at 9.30 a.m. Those actually submitted are
children suspected of having verminous heads or bodies, or of
having ringworm, scabies or impetigo, or those whose examination
is desirable on account of some defect, such as defective eyesight
disease of the eye, ear, nose and throat, which may require treatment.
In fact, any defective child not under medical care may be
submitted by the head-teachers for examination.