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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Orthopaedic and Postural Defects
| No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 1954 | |
| No. treated as in-patients in hospitals | 54 | 36 |
| No. treated otherwise, e.g., in clinics or out-patient departments | ||
| (a) By the county council | 319 | 362 |
| (b) Otherwise | 504 | 508 |
Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ending 31st December , 1955)
| Category | Ascertainment | Distribution (as at last day of year) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of ascertained cases known 1st day of year | No. of new cases ascertained during year | No. of ascertained cases known last day of year | In special day schools | In special residential schools | In maintained primary and secondary schools | In independent schools | Not at school | Total | |||||||||||
| B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | ||
| Blind pupils | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Partially-sighted pupils | 16 | 8 | — | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | |
| Deaf pupils | 8 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | |
| Partially deaf pupils | 6 | 5 | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | |
| Delicate pupils | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diabetic pupils | 68 | 40 | 44 | 49 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 2 | – | — | — | — | — | 43 | 37 | |
| Educ. sub-normal pupils | 81 | 65 | 24 | 15 | 70 | 58 | 49 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 70 | 58 | |
| Epileptic pupils | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| Maladjusted pupils | 39 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 45 | 11 | — | — | 37 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 45 | 11 | |
| Physically handicapped pupils | 41 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 33 | 19 | |
| Pupils with speech defects | 319 | 98 | 76 | 40 | 302 | 89 | — | — | — | — | 284 | 85 | — | — | 18 | 4 | 302 | 89 | |
| Pupils with multiple defects | 25 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 31 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 19 | |
| Totals | 606 | 274 | 179 | 123 | 554 | 253 | 124 | 87 | 107 | 67 | 299 | 91 | — | 2 | 24 | 6 | 554 | 253 | |
| Grand Totals: | 1955 | 880 | 302 | 807 | 211 | 174 | 390 | 2 | 30 | 807 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 881 | 376 | 880 | 224 | 181 | 446 | 2 | 27 | 880 | ||||||||||