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Willesden 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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23
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
Year ending 31st December, 1921,
ON THE
HEALTH OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN WILLESDEN.
Giving the Tables required by the Board of Education.
Table No. 4—Corresponding to Table 1 of Appendix G of Annual Report of Chief Medical
Officer of Board of Education for 1919.
Number of Children inspected 1st January, 1921 to 31st December, 1921.
A.—Routine Medical Inspection.*
Nil. Routine Medical Inspection was not carried out during 1921.
* Routine Medical Inspection is medical inspection carried out on the lines of the approved Schedule at the
time when routine medical inspection is due and made on the School premises or other place sanctioned
by the Board of Education under the Code.

B. — Special Inspections.

Special Cases. †Re-examinations (i.e., No. of Children Re-examined).
Boys6,657771
Girls8,2841,129
Totals14,9411,900

† "Special Cases" are those children specifically referred to the Medical Officer and not due for routine medical
inspection under the Code at the time when specially referred. Such children may or may not be of Codegroup
age, and may be referred to the Medical Officer at the School or the Clinic by the Committee, Medical
Officers-, School Nurses, Teachers, Attendance Officers, Parents or otherwise.
In this area, where routine inspections have been suspended and the "ailing children" basis
adopted, the number of children dealt with has been entered here.
C.—Total Number of Individual Children Inspected by the Medical
Ofitcer, whether as Routine or Special Cases (No Child
being Counted more than Once in One Year).
Number of Individual Children Inspected 10,782
Table No. 5.—Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix G of Annual Report of Chief Medical
Officer of Board of Education for 1919.