[Report 1950] / School Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / School Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    One of the two l)oys engaged in farming is at present taking the Y.M.C.A’s. training course—“British Boys for British Farms.’’ Not many youths from special schools are accepted, and although this lad has proved slower to learn than most of the trainees, he is said to be steady and dependable, and it is believed he will make a success of it. Of the 109 girls, 99 were occupied as follows:— Packing and assembly Machine work Sewing and dressmaking Canteen and cafe work Domestic work Brushmaking Laundry Helping at home Secretarial Usherettes Miscellaneous 47 14 9 7 6 3 3 3 2 2 3 99 The remaining 10 were placed as follows :— Admitted to M.D. Institutions Unemployed Attending Occupation Centre Left District 2 6 1 1 10 The three helping at home, are not unemployable, but are needed in the home because of illness or for other leasons. Included among the unemployed are four older women referred by the Mental Health Services as in need of supervision | one is a diabetic, another has recently had an illegitimate child, and a third is waiting' to be admitted to an institution for mental defectives. One of the unemployed school leavers cannot associate with others and is in need of psychiatric treatment; she is skilled with her hands and receives a weekly needlework lesson from the home teacher. Of the two girls engaged in secretarial work, one is employed by her father; the other is a trainee stenographer; she is continuing her training against the advice of both the Youth Employment and After-Care Officers, and it is still hoped that she will be persuaded to adopt another career. The one girl attending an Occupation Centre is classed as under voluntary supervision, after having been discharged from licence under the Mental Deficiency Acts, there being no provision in the Acts for supervision after discharge.