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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
Willesden 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 50.—Certain Statistical Data.
| No. of Public Elementary Schools at December, 1920 | 32 |
| No. of School Departments at December, 1920 | 77 |
| Average Public Elementary School Roll, year ended 31st December, 1920 | 24,997 |
| Total No. of Children medically inspected | 11,183 |
| Total No. of Children dentally inspected | 5,086 |
| Total No. of Defects of every description "followed up" during 1920 | 21,506 |
| Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1920 | 19,906 |
| Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1920 | 75,258 |
Table No . 51.— Special Schools.
| No. of Physically Defective Schools | 2 (1 school formerly for mentally defective children was closed on 25/7/17 and re-opened on 13/12/20 for physically defective children). |
| No. of Mentally Defective Schools | 1 |
No. of children attending Special Schools during 1920:—
| In Willesden. | Outside Willesden. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind and Partially Blind | — | 11 | 11 |
| Deaf | — | 20 | 20 |
| Mentally Defective | 102 | 2 | 104 |
| Epileptic | — | 9 | 9 |
| Physically Defective | 89 | 13 | 102 |
| Total | 191 | 55 | 246 |
Table No . 52. —Corresponding to Appendix E of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer
of the Board of Education for 1919.
Form of Annual Return of the After-Careers of Children Formerly Attending Special Schools.
| Local Education Authority Willesden. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name of School Furness Road Physically Defective School. | |||
| Boys. | Girls. | ||
| 1. | Number of children who have left the school since 1910, or since the date of certification, if later | 91 | 95 |
| 2. | Number who:— | ||
| (a) have since died | 9 | 6 | |
| (b) are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment | 5 | 8 | |
| (c) are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details) | 19 | 26 | |
| and | |||
| ††(d) are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, etc.) | 1 | 3 | |
| 3. | Number who are employed in:— | ||
| (a) Industrial or manual occupations | 19 | 7 | |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | 3 | — | |
| (c) Domestic occupations, including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | — | 8 | |
| (d) Commercial, professional or clerical work | 2 | 4 | |
| (e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations | 6 | 4 | |
| 4. | Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 27 | 29 |