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All children are medically examined before a Certificate
is issued, to see that they are fit for the particular employment
chosen and that the work will not interfere with their
education.
The report for the year 1938 is as follows:—
Number of Employment Cards applied for 205
Number medically examined by School Medical Officer 195
Number medically examined by Acton, Hounslow and
L.C.C. 10
Number certified unfit and not passed by Doctor 2
Number of cases where cards were not issued for other
than medical reasons (i.e., Prohibited Occupations,
under age, etc.) 1
Number of Street Trading Badges issued Nil
Number of Street Trading Badges returned Nil
No legal proceedings were taken during 1938 for offences
against the Employment of School Children and Young Persons.
The following examinations were made, apart from those
already recorded in this report:—
Twelve school teachers were examined for physical fitness for
duty and to participate in the benefits of the superannuation
scheme.
Sixty-seven children were examined for Entertainment Licences.
22.— GENERAL.
New Health Centre.
On the 8th July Lord Horder opened a new Health Centre
and Juvenile Employment Bureau at Brentford.
The following particulars are extracted from the report of
Mr. L.A. Cooper, the Borough Engineer and Surveyor:—
Particulars of the Centre.
Site.
"The building is erected on land formerly occupied by
the Rothschild School and has frontages to Brentford High
Street, Alexandra Road and Albany Road.
The entrances are arranged so that the Maternity and
Dental Clinics are approached from Albany Road, with separate
access to each department, the School Clinics and caretaker s
quarters from Alexandra Road, and the Juvenile Employment
Bureau from Brentford High Street.