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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table 80Speech Therapy

Table 80

Speech Therapy

Clinic or SchoolNo. of cases dealt with during the year
Kilburn clinic150
Pound Lane clinic81
Stonebridge clinic57
Lower Place special school for physically handicapped pupils25
Leinster special school for educationally subnormal pupils8
Totals:1959321
1958355

Table: Table 81 Infestation with Vermin

Table 81 Infestation with Vermin

19591958
Total no. of examinations31,23522,737
Total no. of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during the current year465261
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/2 Education Act, 194418932
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/3 Education Act, 194415

Table: Table 82 Medical Examination of Teachers

Table 82 Medical Examination of Teachers

19591958
No. of teachers examined as to fitness for appointment-1
No. of students examined as to fitness for first appointment7265
No. of students examined as to fitness to undertake training course8145