[Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (B) Physically Defective Report on Children who have Left the School for Physically Defective, 1924-1929 Inclusive Year Discharged to Ordinary Schools as Cured Em¬ ployed Out of Work Unem¬ ployable 1 Left City Deceased Total 1924 13 4 I I 1 I 21 1925 21 11 — 3 I I 37 1926 20 5 I 1 — — 27 1927 !4 5 3 I — — 23 1928 23 6 4 — — — 33 1929 I I I 7 I 2 3 24 102 38 IO 8 5 2 165 Two children were certified as mentally defective, and have been transferred to institutions for mentally defectives during 1929. One child has been transferred to a Myopic centre, four have been admitted to Marguerite Home, Thorparch, and one has been certified imbecile. Occupations Boys Girls Total Clerical ... 2 — 2 Tailoring and Dressmaking ... 3 15 18 Boot Repairing and Manufacturing ... 7 — 7 Engineering 4 4 Domestic Work... — I Confectionery — I Weaving — I 1 Picture Framing . Laundry... — I 1 Packer ... — I Hawking... 1 17 21 3s Wages Boys Age Number Average- Wage Number Average Wage 14 I 4/6 3 9/5 15 I 9/- 5 13/11 16 2 nl- 0 20/“ 17 3 16/S 3 i5/4 18 3 16/- — 19 20 2 I 20/— 61- 1 5 is - 24/- 2 1 I 20 /— 0 12 - One boy is in receipt of 6/-a week unemployment insuiance btnt An accurate statement of the earnings of three boys could not be obtained but it was said that all were doing wel1-0“ as ;a c erk one as a boot repairer on his own account, and the third hawking greengrocery on his own account. ... The average weekly earnings of boys are 15 - as compared with 1 4 ■ last year, and of girls 15/10 as compared with 14/7 last year One girl aged 19 years is married and has a child six months old.