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Willesden 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Certain Statistical Data.
No. of Public Elementary Schools (excluding Special Schools) at December, 1929 35
No. of School Departments at December, 1929 71
Average Public Elementary School Roll, year ended 31st March, 1929 21,096
Total No. of Children medically inspected at Routine and Special Inspections 14,378
Total No. of Children dentally inspected 15,749
Total No. of Defects of every description “followed up” during 1929 25,969
Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1929:—
Medical or Dental Treatment 12,477
Domestic Treatment 4,073
Total 16,550
Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1929 46,005
Special Schools.
No. of Physically Defective Schools 1
No. of Mentally Defective Schools 1
No. of children attending Special Schools during 1929:—

Table: Table No. 27.

Table No. 27.

In Willesden.Outside Willesden.Total.
Blind and Partially Blind—1818
Deaf—2222
Mentally Defective1265131
Epileptic—55
Physically Defective161118279
Total287168455

Table: Table No. 28. —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 FormerlyAttending Special Schools.

Table No. 28. —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.

Oldfield 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 years39313633
2. Number who: —
(a) Have since died—121
(b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment1142
(c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and†2--§1
(d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, &c.)--** 4*6
3. Number who are employed in:—
(a) Industrial or manual occupations128144
(b) Agricultural or rural occupations————
(c) Domestic occupations, including those who are helping in the domestic work at home-7-11
(d) Commercial, professional or clerical work157--
(e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations3-61
4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced6767

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t In attendance at an Art School and Boarding School respectively for further education.
§ In attendance at an Occupation Centre.
* In Institutions for Mentally Defectives.
** 2 are in Institutions for Mentally Defectives, one is in a Poor Law Hospital and one is in Borstal.
3 Mentally Defectives and 3 Physically Defectives are unemployed.