Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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No. of Public Elementary Schools (excluding Special Schools) at December, 1933 | 34 |
No. of School Departments at December, 1933 | 71 |
Average Public Elementary School Roll (excluding Special Schools), year ended 31st March, 1933 | 21,128 |
Total No. of Children medically inspected at Routine and Special Inspections | 15,062 |
Total No. of Children dentally inspected | 21,084 |
Total No. of Defects of every description "followed up" during 1933 | 26,751 |
Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1933— | |
Medical or Dental Treatment | 16,886 |
Domestic Treatment | 4,022 |
Total | 20,908 |
Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1933 | 101,160 |
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No. of Physically Defective Schools | 1 |
No. of Mentally Defective Schools | 1 |
No. of children attending certified Special (Day and Residential) Schools during 1933 :—
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Special Schools in Willesden. | Special Schools outside Willesden. | Total. | |
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Blind and Partially Blind | — | 23 | 23 |
Deaf | — | 15 | 15 |
Mentally Defective | 167 | 4 | 171 |
Epileptic | — | 5 | 5 |
Physically Defective | 199 | 241* | 440* |
Total | 366 | 654* |
* 201 of these were debilitated children sent to Certified Residential Schools for six weeks convalesence.
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Oldfield Road Physically Defective School. | Leinster Mentally Defective School. | |||
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Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
1. Number of children who have left the school and are under 21 years | 41 | 43 | 39 | 25 |
2. Number who :— | ||||
2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
(c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and | †2 | ††2 | §3 | §3 |
*2 | – | **5 | §§1 | |
3. Number who are employed in :— | ||||
19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | |
(6) Agricultural or rural occupations | — | — | 1 | – |
(c) Domestic occupations. including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
10 | 2 | – | ||
(e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations | 4 | – | 3 | – |
4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
† 1 is in attendance at a technical school and 1 is at an institution learning bootmaking.
* 1 is in Hospital on account of epileptic fits and 1 is in an institution for mental defectives,
†† These girls are at Pitman's College learning shorthand and typewriting.
§ In attendance at an occupation centre.
** In institutions for mental defectives.
§§ In institutions for mental defectives.
5 Mentally Defectives and 4 Physically Defectives are unemployed.