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Willesden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No . 36.—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 | 53 | 62 | 61 | 36 |
| 2. Number who:— | ||||
| (a) Have since died | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (b) Are known to be incapable by reason of mental or physical defect of undertaking employment | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| (c) Are in attendance at an Institution for further education (give details), and | †1 | _ | §1 | ††4 |
| (d) Are in any other Institution (specify Asylum, Workhouse, Colony for Epileptics, etc.) | _ | _ | **7 | *10 |
| 3. Number who are employed in:— | ||||
| (a) Industrial or manual occupations | 15 | 23 | 26 | 8 |
| (b) Agricultural or rural occupations | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Domestic occupations including those who are helping in the domestic work at home | _ | 6 | _ | 6 |
| (d) Commercial, professional, or clerical work | 3 | 7 | _ | _ |
| (e) Blind alley or other precarious occupations | 3 | 1 | 1 | _ |
| 4. Number who have left the neighbourhood or whose after-careers have not been traced | 27 | 19 | 18 | 6 |
* Nine are in Institutions for mental defectives and one is in Harefield Sanatorium,
† Attending Cripples' Training College. § In attendance at an occupation centre,
†† Two are attending an occupation centre and two are receiving education at home.
** In institutions for mental defectives.
Five physically defectives and seven mentally defectives are unemployed.
Dental Defects.
Vide, 21st Annual Report on Dental Work in connection with School Children, Expectant and
Nursing Mothers, and children under 5 years, page 54.