[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden] page 51

Willesden 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table 74

Individual Pupils found at periodical Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

Year of birth (1)	For defective vision (Excluding squint) (2)	For any of the other conditions in table (3)	Total individual pupils (4)
1955 and later	-	3	3
1954	19	80	95
1953	8	40	46
1952	27	31	56
1951	66	90	152
1950	12	13	25
1949	81	63	142
1948	13	13	25
1947	9	16	24
1946	9	13	20
1945	34	60	91
1944 and earlier	69	111	178
Totals	347	533	857

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Table 75

Defects Found by Medical Inspection

*		Periodic inspections								Special inspections
		Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total		Special inspections
		(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
Skin		4	51	49	60	14	91	67	202	254	52
Eyes	(a) Vision	33	37	100	128	214	323	347	488	37	12
	(b) Squint	3	23	3	14	10	49	16	86	7	2
	(c) Other	7	9	1	11	4	33	12	53	52	36
Ears	(a) Hearing	3	39	1	16	12	58	16	113	60	21
	(b) Otitis media	3	38	2	7	3	44	8	89	4	3
	(c) Other	-	12	1	1	1	10	2	23	22	22
Nose and throat		39	221	8	43	53	239	100	503	54	68
Speech		24	32	5	9	18	34	47	75	83	22
Lymphatic glands		6	88	—	4	5	49	11	141	1	1
Heart		-	30	—	15	—	41	—	86	—	1
Lungs		2	51	—	34	4	60	6	145	8	29
Developmental	(a) Hernia	1	16	—	10	1	15	2	41	—	—
Developmental	(b) Other	1	53	3	21	2	125	6	199	—	15
Orthopaedic	(a) Posture	4	27	37	44	36	98	77	169	4	14
	(b) Feet	11	30	47	49	46	116	104	195	1	29
	(c) Other	6	58	11	41	20	70	37	169	22	20
Nervous system	(a) Epilepsy	—	5	—	3	—	8	—	16	1	1
Nervous system	(b) Other	—	18	—	11	3	21	3	50	2	8
Psychological	(a) Development	2	20	2	12	3	20	7	52	6	14
Psychological	(b) Stability	2	120	—	72	16	155	18	347	3	10
Abdomen		—	18	1	12	—	26	1	56	—	7
Other		176	44	82	49	196	117	454	210	344	75
Totals		327	1,040	353	666	661	1,802	1,341	3,508	965	462
* (a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation.