[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![{h) Education Cases. Attending Certified Schools 89 80 Attending kdementary Schools 1 4 At other Institutions .... .... 0 Resident at home.. . 0 0 42 31 —70 (c) Transferred from care of Education Committee to Local Control Authority during 1929 2 2 —4 Total 181 108 —210 There were removed from the General Register during the year 6 cases, four owing to death and two to removal to another district. In the latter event, the Medical Oflieer of Health of the Distriet was communicated with, in order to ensure continued supervision. The plaeing of these unfortunate eases in suitable institutions presents a great dilTieulty, firstly in diseriminating whieh defectives should be removed, as the available institutional vacancies are very few, and secondly because the fmaneial burdens are heavy. The Board of Control are therefore urging Local Authorities to press forward their arrangements for care other than institutional. Such arrangements include increased home supervision, aj)})oint- ment of guardians, and the establishment of occu])ation centres. At present under the Education Committee Scheme the : Special School for mentally defective children, of wliich Miss Clegg is in charge, is doing excellent work, but unfortunately I most of the children on their discharge at 1(5 years of age lind ' themselves obliged to join the ranks of the uncnpiloyed. They [ cannot hold their own in the labour market, and in tlicir endeavour to be busy they find the wrong tiling. : The subjects of instruction at occnjiation centres as distinct i from schools are very elementary, incnlcating ideas of cleanliness, i neatness, discipline, muscle control and everyday things of life. 5 For low grade children, drill, sense training, singing, ])olishing and i easy household work, such as setting a table, swecjiing uj) crumbs, k provide opjiortunitics for amusement, companionship and occu- I pation in a way which is imjiossiblc in the homes from which these](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149113_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
