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Willesden 1932
[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, 1932 34
No. of School Departments at December, 1932 71
Average Public Elementary School Roll (excluding Special Schools), year ended 31st
March, 1932 20,806
Total No. of Children medically inspected at Routine and Special Inspections 13,795
Total No. of Children dentally inspected 21,925
Total No. of Defects of every description "followed up" during 1932 26,210
Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1932:—
Medical or Dental Treatment 16,361
Domestic Treatment 3,566
Total 19,927
Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1932 99,542
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 1932:—
Table No. 26.
| Special Schools in Willesden. | Special Schools outside Willesden. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind and Partially Blind | - | 24 | 24 |
| Deaf | - | 16 | 16 |
| Mentally Defective | 152 | 3 | 155 |
| Epileptic | - | 4 | 4 |
| Physically Defective | 217 | 281* | 498* |
| Total | 369 | 328* | 697* |
* 246 of these were debilitated children sent to Certified Residential Schools for six weeks convalesence.
Table No. 27.—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 Mentally Defective School. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
| 1. Number of children who have left the school and are under 21 years | 41 | 41 | 38 | 27 |
| 2. Number who:— | ||||
| (a) Have since died | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| †4 | ††1 | §3 | §3 | |
| - | *1 | **7 | §§5 | |
| 3. Number who are employed in:— | ||||
| 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Domestic occupations, including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | - | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 7 | 3 | 3 | - |
† 1 is in attendance at an art school, 1 is learning handwork, 1 is in attendance at a technical school and
1 is at an institution learning bootmaking.
ft This girl is at Pitman's College learning shorthand and typewriting.
§ In attendance at an occupation centre.
* In a poor-law institution.
**5 are in institutions for mentally defectives, and 2 are in poor-law institutions awaiting admission tQ
institutions for mentally defectives.
§§ In institutions for mentally defectives.
6 Mentally Defectives and 5 Physically Defectives are unemployed.