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Percentage of Individual Children examined found Unclean at routine Cleanliness Inspections:
1940 4.2 1943 4.8 1946 5.0
1941 4.2 1944 5.2 1947 5.2
1942 4.2 1945 5.4 1948 5.0
In addition, 38 children under 5 were treated for verminous conditions.
Ear, Nose and Throat Department:
The work of this department was carried out by Mr. A. L. Pereira, F.R.C.S., who attended the Health
Centres on 61 occasions and examined 212 children under the age of 5 years, and 892 schoolchildren.
Attendances were as follows:
Kilburn Health Centre (once monthly)—
9 Sessions: 32 children under the age of 5;
154 schoolchildren.
Willesden Health Centre (once monthly):
11 Sessions: 104 children under the age of 5;
285 schoolchildren.
Stonebridge Health Centre (once weekly):
41 Sessions: 76 children under the age of 5;
453 schoolchildren.
Dermatological Department:
Owing to the illness of Dr. Haldin Davis, Dermatologist to the Council, the work of the department was
suspended in the greater part of the year. It is with regret that I have to report the death of Dr. Haldin Davis,
as he was the first consultant employed by the Borough Council, in 1913, and gave 35 years' excellent service
to thousands of schoolchildren in the Borough.
OrthopÆdic Department:
Mr. K. I. Nissen, M.D., F.R.C.S., B.Sc., Orthopædic Surgeon, attends Stonebridge Health Centre
once a fortnight, and during the year held 24 sessions where 977 attendances were made, 423 of which were
in children under the age of 5.
A full.time physiotherapist is on the staff at Stonebridge Health Centre, where all orthopaedic treatment
is carried out. A subsidiary centre has now been set up at the Lower Place P.H. School, where Mr. Nissen holds
1 session in 6 weeks and the physiotherapist attends 2 sessions per week.
Hospital Treatment for Orthopædic Conditions:
10 children were admitted to Stanmore Hospital for orthopaedic conditions.
LOWER PLACE P.H. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ROAD E.S.N. SCHOOL:
There are two schools for handicapped children in this area, Lower Place Physically Handicapped School
(149 pupils, of whom 102 (68.5 per cent) are Willesden residents), and College Road Educationally Subnormal
School (126 pupils, of whom 94 (74.6 per cent) are Willesden residents).
The Senior Assistant Medical Officer is responsible for the medical supervision of the children in both
these schools, and ascertains the physically handicapped and the educationally subnormal children in the
Borough as a whole. He also examines children from other divisional executives in Middlesex for admission to
the schools.
Convalescent Treatment of Children 5-15 years of Age:
221 delicate children, i.e., 135 boys and 86 girls, were sent to convalescent homes during the year.
SPEECH THERAPY:
Two part-time speech therapists are employed for 12 sessions weekly. They hold clinics at the three
health centres and visit the schools regularly.