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Willesden 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Certain Statistical Data.

Certain Statistical Data.

No. of Public Elementary Schools (excluding Special Schools) at December, 193334
No. of School Departments at December, 193371
Average Public Elementary School Roll (excluding Special Schools), year ended 31st March, 193321,128
Total No. of Children medically inspected at Routine and Special Inspections15,062
Total No. of Children dentally inspected21,084
Total No. of Defects of every description "followed up" during 193326,751
Total No. of Defects of every description for which treatment was obtained during 1933—
Medical or Dental Treatment16,886
Domestic Treatment4,022
Total20,908
Total No. of Attendances at the School Clinics during 1933101,160

Table: S pecial(Day) Schools inWillesden.

S pecial(Day) Schools inWillesden.

No. of Physically Defective Schools1
No. of Mentally Defective Schools1

Table: No. of children attending certified Special (Day and Residential) Schools during 1933 :—T ableNo. 24.

No. of children attending certified Special (Day and Residential) Schools during 1933 :—

T ableNo. 24.

Special Schools in Willesden.Special Schools outside Willesden.Total.
Blind and Partially Blind—2323
Deaf—1515
Mentally Defective1674171
Epileptic—55
Physically Defective199241*440*
Total366288*654*

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* 201 of these were debilitated children sent to Certified Residential Schools for six weeks convalesence.

Table: T ableNo. 25.—Corresponding to Appendix E of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for1919.F orm ofAnnualReturn of theAfter-Careers ofChildren under21 Years ofAgeFormerlyA ttendingSpecialSchools.

T ableNo. 25.—Corresponding to Appendix E of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for1919.

F orm ofAnnualReturn of theAfter-Careers ofChildren under21 Years ofAgeFormerly

A ttendingSpecialSchools.

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 years41433925
2. Number who :—
(a) Have since died2331
(b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment2113
(c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and†2††2§3§3
(d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, WTorkhouse, Colony for Epileptics, &c.)*2–**5§§1
3. Number who are employed in :—
(a) Industrial or manual occupations1912143
(6) Agricultural or rural occupations——1–
(c) Domestic occupations. including those who are helping in the domestic work at home16211
(d) Commercial professional or clerical work8102–
(e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations4–3–
4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced1953

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† 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.