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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 34. —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 | 51 | 55 | 50 | 35 |
| 2. Number who :— | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| †1 | ††2 | §1 | §2 | |
| (d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, etc.) | – | – | *11 | *7 |
| 3. Number who are employed in :— | ||||
| 18 | 21 | 20 | 8 | |
| — | — | — | — | |
| — | 6 | — | 11 | |
| (d) Commercial, professional, or clerical work | 5 | 4 | — | — |
| 3 | — | 4 | — | |
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 |
* In institutions for mental defectives. †Attending Cripples' Training College.
§ In attendance at an occupation centre. †† Attending Pitman's College.
** In hospital.
Dental Defects.
Vide, 20th Annual Report on Dental Work in connection with School Children, Expectant and
Nursing Mothers, and children under 5 years, page 54.