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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 50.—SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
| No. of Physically Defective Schools | 1 | ||
| No. of Mentally Defective Schools | 2 (1 of which was closed temporarily on 25/7/17). | ||
| No. of Children attending Special Schools:— | In Willesden | Outside Willesden | Total. |
| Blind and partially blind | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Deaf | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| Mentally defective | *90 | 5 | 95 |
| Epileptic | o | 6 | 6 |
| Physically defective | 65 | 3 | 68 |
| Total | 155 | 45 | 200 |
*2 are also Epileptic and 1 partially blind.
TABLE No. 51.—CORRESPONDING TO TABLE 1. OF APPENDIX F OF ANNUAL REPORT OF CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR 1917.
Number of Children inspected 1st January, 1919, to 31st December, 1919.
A.—" Code " Groups.
| Age. | Entrants. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Other Ages. | Total. | ||||||
| Boys | — | — | — | — | — | . — | |||||
| Girls | — | — | — | — | — | - | |||||
| Totals | - | — | — | — | — | - | |||||
| Age. | Intermediate Group. | Leavers. | Grand Total. | ||||||||
| 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Other Ages. | Total. | ||||||
| Boys | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Girls | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Totals | — | — | — | 1 i | — | — | |||||
B.— Groups other than "Code."1
| (1) | Intermediate Group (other than 8 years). (2) | Special Cases f (3) | Re-examinations (i.e. No. of Children re-examined). (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | — | 6,240 | 1,298 |
| Girls | |||
| Totals | — | 6,240 | 1,298 |
*In this area, where routine' inspections have been suspended and the " ailing children " basis
adopted, the number of children inspected has been entered in column (3).
†Under this head are included all special cases which were medically inspected during the year,
whether the inspection took place in the Schools or at the inspection Clinic, and from whatever
source the cases were derived.