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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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B. Number of Individual Pupils found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
| Group. | Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||
| Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic. | Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic. | Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic. | |
| Code Groups:— | ||||||
| Entrants | 66 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 27.3 | 26.1 |
| Intermediates | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Leavers | 55 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 12.7 | 6.7 |
| Total (Code Groups) | 145 | 53 | 26 | 8 | 17.9 | 15.1 |
| ** Other Routine Inspections | — | — | — | — | — | — |
** During 1924 the following groups have been submitted to Routine Medical Inspection at the Secondary
Schools in Willesden, and are all included under the Code Group Heading:—
(а) All entrants except any pupil who had been medically examined at an Elementary School within the
past 2 years, and in whose case the record of such examination was available for the
inspecting Officer.
(б) Pupils aged 12 years.
(c) Pupils aged 15 years.
Table No. 21.—Corresponding to Table IV. of Appendix to Circular 1321 of the Board of Education.
dated 27th December, 1923.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1924.
Treatment Table.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
| Defect or Disease. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||
| Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic. | Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic. | Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic. | |
| Skin:— | ||||||
| Ringworm—Scalp | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Body | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Impetigo | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other skin diseases | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Minor Eye Defects (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Minor Ear Defects | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains, etc.). | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | — | — | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |