[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![21) This provision is made for the development of that practical side of the ciirricnhim which is of so much importance to the future of the child in attendance—domestic science and practical shoemaking being two of the most imj)ortant subjects. With the improvement of the standard of the accommodation available and with the jn’ovision made in the Occupation Centre, it has been possible to raise the standard of child referred to the school, and it cannot be too strongly emphasised that admission is reserved strictly to children who, in the opinion of the School Medical Officer, are callable of deriving benefit from instruction in the school. Imbeciles or idiots are not admitted, and every child taken into the school should have a fair prospect of obtaining some measure of economic success in later life. The high standard of work under the guidance of the Head Mistress has been maintained throughout the year. The whole atmosphere of the school is bright, the children arc ha])])y and interested, both in their work and in the general well-being of the school, and parents haye expressed tliemselycs as being grateful for all the benefits offered to these children. The establishment of an Old Hoys’ and an Old Girls’ Club, mainly through the local Mental Welfare Association and Toe II, with Miss Holmes as Secretary Organiser, has done much to ensure the after-care of these children on attaining the school- leaying age of 16 years; OPEN AIR SCHOOL. During 1930, 196 children were in attendance at the Oj)en Air School, of w hich 62 w'crc discharged. Roughly, the tyj)es of children attending the school are— {a) The “ debilitated child ” of })oor nutrition, anfcmic, nervous and suffering from frequent attacks of bronchial catarrh. (b) The Xon-Infectious Tuberculous child who has suffered from some Tuberculous lesion wdiich has become (piiescent. “ Tuberculous Family ” or home.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0137.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
