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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Certain Statistical Data.
| No. of Public Elementary Schools at December, 1924 | 32 | ||
| No. of School Departments at December, 1924 | 75 | ||
| Average Public Elementary School Roll, year ended 31st March, 1924 | 22,477 | ||
| Total No. of Children medically inspected at Routine and Special Inspections | 12,337 | ||
| Total No. of Children dentally inspected | 20,231 | ||
| Total No. of Defects of every description "followed up" during 1924 | 28.143 | ||
| Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1924:— | |||
| Medical or Dental Treatment | 9,311 | ||
| Domestic Treatment | 7,007 | ||
| Total | 16,318 | ||
| Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1924 | 37,305 | ||
| 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 1924:—
| In Willesden. | Outside Willesden. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind and Partially Blind | — | 16 | 16 |
| Deaf | — | 24 | 24 |
| Mentally Defective | 115 | 4 | 119 |
| Epileptic | — | 5 | 5 |
| Physically Defective | 119 | 11 | 130 |
| Total | 234 | 60 | 294 |
Table No. 11.—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 under 21 Years of Age Formerly
Attending Special Schools.
| Furness Road Physically Defective School. | Leinster Road Mentally Defective School. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
| 1. Number of children who have left the school and are under 21 years | 56 | 72 | 73 | 53 |
| 2. Number who:— | ||||
| (a) Have since died | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| (c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and | 119 | † 23 | * 3 | *3 |
| (d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, &c.) | †† 2 | †† 1 | ** 16 | **8 |
| 3. Number who are employed in:— | ||||
| (a) Industrial or manual occupations | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Domestic occupations, including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | — | 8 | — | 19 |
| (d) Commercial, professional or clerical work | 7 | 2 | 2 | — |
| (e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations | — | — | 10 | 1 |
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 14 | 16 | 15 | 9 |
* * See Tables 11 (2) (c) and 11 (2) (d).
* * See Tables 11 (2) (c) and 11 (2) (d).
† See Tables 11 (2) (c) and 11 (2) (d).
†† See Tables 11 (2) (c) and 11 (2) (d).