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A. GENERAL.
School Accommodation.—There were 32 public elementary
schools, with 79 departments and effective accommodation
for 25,710 children, in Willesden on 3rd
December, 1915. In addition, there were three special
schools, maintained by the Local Education Authority, two
for mentally defective and one for physically defective
children.
Children Selected for Medical Inspection.—At the
beginning of the year 1915 the children examined were those
of the same age groups as in the previous year, namely,
children entering school life, and children who had attained
the age of 12 years and who were classified as leavers.
In April, 1915, the routine examination of a further age
group was begun as required by the Board of Education,
and children who had attained the age of eight years were
examined as an intermediate group. In October, 1915,
owing to the absence on military service of one of the
Assistant Medical Officers, medical inspection in one area
had to be abandoned, and on December 3rd, 1915, owing
to further depletion of staff, routine medical inspection was
discontinued, but arrangements were made, as required by
the Board of Education, for the Assistant Medical Officers
and Health Visitors to pay periodical visits to the schools
to select and examine cases apparently needing medical
attention. Such cases are, where necessary, followed up
and re-examined in the ordinary way.
Attendance of Parents at Medical Inspection.—
During the year 5,315 children were examined, and in 2,700
cases, or 50.80 per cent., the parents attended the examination.