[Report 1943] / School Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / School Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AFTER CARE The purpose and function of the After Care Officer were described in last year’s report. During the year an After Care Committee was consti¬ tuted to deal with this aspect of the welfare of the handicapped child after leaving school. The After Care Officer paid 400 visits to 175 ex-pupils of special schools under the age of 21. Of these, 26 were ex-pupils of schools for mentally defective children, 49 deaf, 35 partially-sighted, 37 physical defectives and 28 ex-pupils of Open Air Schools. The position of employment is much the same as last year : owing to the continued shortage of labour, it is not difficult to place these children in suitable and well paid employment. The pull of high wages is still draw¬ ing children away from skilled jobs, where they often have to serve an apprenticeship at a comparatively low wage, into various forms of unskilled labour. These will probably find themselves in employment difficulties after the war. Another difficulty, which is of course, a general one, is that there is little or no work in some skilled trades (e.g., carpentry, dressmaking) and few skilled men available to train the boys and girls. The officials of the Juvenile Employment Exchange continue to be very helpful, both in trying to place these children in suitable work when they leave school and in facilitating transfers from one job to another in cases where the work is unsuitable, or the child does not find it congenial. The Youth Club run by the teachers of the Deaf School for their ex-pupils is invaluable in solving one of the greatest difficulties of these children— occupation and companionship for their leisure time. EMPLOYMENT OF EX-PUPILS OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS. M. Sch< D. 30ls De af Part Sigh ially ted Phy Defec sical tives Ope Scb n-air ools Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Skilled trades . . 1 1 8 2 2 — 3 1 3 — Semi-skilled work 1 — 2 2 7 6 4 5 3 5 Office .. — — — 2 — — 2 1 1 2 Shop assistant — — — — — — — 4 — 4 Cook — — — 1 — — — — — — Telephone switchboard operator — — — — — 1 — — — — Butcher’s assistant — — — — 1 *- 1 — — — Farmwork, gardening — — 1 1 -* 1 — — — — Salesman driver — — — — 1 — — — — — Lorry mate, van boy . . — — 1 — 1 — 3 — 1 — Milk delivery .. 1 — — — — — — — 1 — Packing and warehouse work — 3 — 6 2 2 1 4 — — Cleaning and canteen work .. — 3 — — — 4 — 1 — 1 Inspector of finished parts — — — — — 1 -- • Property repairer, outdoor painter . . 1 — 1 — — — Sweet making, bottling, canning — — — 1 — 2 1 ' 1 Unskilled factory work 1 4 2 12 — — Furnace work, rolling mills, etc. 2 — 2 — — — — Labouring 2 — 1 1 — 2 ' General assistant—electrical goods . . 1 — — — Armed forces . . 1 — — — 1 — — — At home 1 2 1 2 — 2 1 4 — 4 In Epileptic Colony . . 1 — — — Died — — — 1 Petrol pump attendant 1 _