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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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 | - |