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Willesden 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 29. —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 | 52 | 68 | 52 | 29 |
| 2. Number who:— | ||||
| (a) Have since died ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| (b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| — | — | §3 | §2 | |
| (id) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, &c.) | *1 | *6 | *6 | |
| 3. Number who are employed in:— | ||||
| (a) Industrial or manual occupations | 28 | 20 | 16 | 6 |
| — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | 1 | 10 | ||
| (d) Commercial professional or clerical work | 5 | 9 | — | |
| 3 | _ | 4 | — | |
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 13 | 21 | 15 | 3 |
* In institutions for mental defectives.
§ In attendance at an occupation centre.
Dental Defects.
Vide, 18th Annual Report on Dental Work in connection with School Children, Expectant
and Nursing Mothers, and children under 5 years, page 57.
HEALTH CENTRES.
ATTENDANCES.
Table No. 30.
Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at Health Centres, 1935.
| Condition. | Mothers, and Children under Five. | School Children. | Grand Total. (Cols. 7 and 8). | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under Five. | Total (Cols. 2—5). | |||||
| 0—1. | 1—5. | Total (Cols. 4 and 5). | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| 1. Cleansing | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 369 | 385 | |
| 2. Throat, Nose and Ear Diseases | 1 | 75 | 485 | 560 | 563 | 4,073 | 4,636 | |
| 3. Minor Ailments | 22 | 108 | 1,150 | 3,579 | 4,729 | 4,859 | 39,581 | 44,440 |
| 4. Eye Diseases | 1 | 4 | 246 | 437 | 683 | 5,544 | 6,232 | |
| 5. Ringworm, etc. | 18 | 65 | 165 | 281 | 446 | 529 | 638 | 1,167 |
| 6. Artificial Sunlight Treatment | — | — | 560 | 2,939 | 3,499 | 3,499 | 10,311 | |
| 7. Orthopaedics | — | 1 | 693 | 2,699 | 3,392 | 3,393 | 5,799 | 9,192 |
| 8. Medical Consultations | 9,969 | 26,540 | 27,756 | 14,409 | 42,165 | 78,674 | — | 78,674 |
| 9. Diphtheria Immunisation | — | — | — | 445 | 445 | 445 | 850 | 1,295 |
| 10. Total (1—9) | 10,012 | 26,726 | 30,646 | 25,282 | 55,928 | 92,666 | 63,666 | 156,332 |
| 11. Dental Consultations | 2,319 | 2,093 | — | 1,184 | 1,184 | 5,596 | 12,447 | 18,043 |
| 12. Total (10—11) | 12,331 | 28,819 | 30,646 | 26,466 | 57,112 | 98,262 | 76,113 | 174,375 |
| 13. School for Mothers | — | — | — | — | — | 5,343 | — | 5,343 |
| 14. Nursery | — | — | — | — | — | 5,299 | — | 5,299 |
| 15. Miscellaneous | — | — | — | — | — | 17,259 | 12,842 | 30,101 |
| 16. Grand Total (12-15) | 12,331 | 28,819 | 30,646 | 26,466 | 57,112 | 126,163 | 88,955 | 215,118 |