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Willesden 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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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 | 46 | 53 | 46 | 31 |
| 2. Number who:— (a) Have since died | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| (b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| (c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and | †2 | - | §3 | §4 |
| (d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, &c.) | *2 | ††l | **5 | **3 |
| 3. Number who are employed in:— (a) Industrial or manual occupations | 29 | 12 | 20 | 6 |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | — | — | 1 | — |
| (c) Domestic occupations, including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | - | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| (d) Commercial professional or clerical work | 5 | 12 | - | - |
| (e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations | - | - | 1 | - |
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 |
† 1 is in attendance at a technical school and 1 is at an institution learning bootmaking.
* 1 is in Hospital on account of epileptic lits and 1 is in an institution for mental defectives,
†† In Harefield Sanatorium.
§ In attendance at an occupation centre.
** In institutions for mental defectives.
2 Mentally Defectives and 2 Physically Defectives are unemployed.
Dental Defects.
(1) Number of children who were:—
(a) Inspected by the Dentists—
| Aged 5 years | — | Aged 11 years | 32 | |||
| „ 6 „ | 4 | „ 12 „ | 34 | |||
| „ 7 „ | 4 | „ 13 „ | 43 | |||
| ,, 8 „ | 10 | „ 14 „ | 41 | |||
| „ 9 „ | 17 | „ 15 „ | 6 | |||
| „ 10 „ | 16 | „ 16 „ | 3 | |||
| Total | 210 | |||||
| Specials | 16 | |||||
| Grand Total | 226 | |||||
| (b) Found to require treatment | 147 | |||||
| (c) Actually treated at the Authority's Health Centres | 34 | |||||
| (2) Half-days devoted to | Inspections | 4 | Total | 11 | ||
| Treatment | 7 | |||||
| (3) Attendances made by the children for treatment | 79 | |||||
| (4) Fillings | Permanent teeth | 31 | Total | 31 | ||
| Temporary teeth | - | |||||
| (5) Extractions | Permanent teeth | 44 | Total | 109 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 65 | |||||
| (6) Administration of general anaesthetics | For extractions | 28 | Total | 31 | ||
| Local | 3 | |||||
| (7) Other operations | Permanent teeth | 16 | Total | 16 | ||
| Temporary teeth | - | |||||