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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 1926
[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. | Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic Trade School. | Willesden County School. | Willesden Polytechnic Building Trade School. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | |||||||||||
| Number of Pupils | Number of Pupils | Number of Pupils | Number of Pupils | Number of Pupils | |||||||||||
| Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require Treatment. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require Treatment. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require Treatment. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | |
| Code Groups:— | |||||||||||||||
| Entrants (at any age) | 133 | 27 | 20.3 | 42 | 7 | 16.7 | 66 | 12 | 18.2 | 61 | 14 | 23.0 | 57 | 4 | 7.0 |
| Pupils aged 12 years | 24 | 9 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pupils aged 15 years | 52 | 11 | 21.2 | 34 | 4 | 11.8 | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 35 | 7 | 20.0 |
| Total (Code Groups) | 209 | 47 | 22.5 | 76 | 11 | 14.5 | 90 | 17 | 18.9 | 83 | 17 | 20.5 | 92 | 11 | 12.0 |
| **Other Routine Inspections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
** During 1926 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:—
(a) All entrants
(b) Pupils aged 12 years.
(c) Pupils aged 15 years.
Table No. 39.—Corresponding to Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical
Officer of the Board of Education for 1923.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1926.
Treatment Table.
Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.). Number of Defects Treated or Under Treatment During the Year.
| Defect or Disease. (1) | Kilburn Grammar School. | Willesden Polytechnic Trade School. | Willesden County Schools. | Willesden Polytechnic Building Trade School | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. (2) | Girls. (3) | Boys. (4) | Girls. (5) | Boys. (6) | |||||||||||
| Treated under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | Treated under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | Treated under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | Treated under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | Treated under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| Skin:— | |||||||||||||||
| Ringworm—Scalp | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Body | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other skin diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minor Eve Defects | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | |||||||||||||||
| Minor Ear Defects | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Miscellaneous | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |