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Willesden 1931
[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, 1931 35
No. of School Departments at December, 1931 71
Average Public Elementary School Roll (excluding Special Schools), year ended 31st
March, 1931 20,502
Total No. of Children medically inspected at Routine and Special Inspections 13,180
Total No. of Children dentally inspected 22,410
Total No. of Defects of every description "followed up" during 1931 26,698
Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1931:—
Medical or Dental Treatment 15,492
Domestic Treatment 3,928
Total 19,420
Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1931 92,231
Special (Day) Schools in Willesden.
No. of Physically Defective Schools 1
No. of Mentally Defective Schools 1
No. of children attending certified Special (Day and Residential) Schools during 1931:—
Table No. 25.
| Special Schools in Willesden. | Special Schools outside Willesden. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind and Partially Blind | - | 21 | 21 |
| Deaf | - | 16 | 16 |
| Mentally Defective | 143 | 1 | 144 |
| Epileptic | - | 3 | 3 |
| Physically Defective | 206 | 330* | 536* |
| Total | 349 | 371* | 720* |
| * 261 of these were debilitated children sent to Certified Residential Schools for six weeks convalesence. | |||
Table No. 26. —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 years | 33 | 41 | 32 | 24 |
| 2. Number who:— | ||||
| (a) Have since died | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| (b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| (c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and | †3 | ††l | §2 | §4 |
| (d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, &c.) | - | *1 | **7 | §§6 |
| 3. Number who are employed in:— | ||||
| (a) Industrial or manual occupations | 11 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | - | - | - | - |
| (c) Domestic occupations, including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | - | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| (d) Commercial, professional or clerical work | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| (e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 7 | 1 | 3 | - |
† 1 is in attendance at a technical school, 1 at Willesden Polytechnic, and 1 at an institution learning
bootmaking.
†† In attendance at Pitman's School.
§ In attendance at an Occupation Centre.
* In the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
** 5 are in Institutions for Mentally Defectives. 1 is in a Poor Law Institution and 1 is in Middlesex Hospital.
§§ In Institutions for Mentally Defectives.
8 Mentally Defectives and 8 Physically Defectives are unemployed.