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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis of other organs (skin, etc.). | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Physically Defective (continued). | Delicate Children, i.e., all children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School. | At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 23 | 22 | 45 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 17 | 9 | 26 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 135 | 109 | 244 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life. | At Certified Hospital Schools | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 1 | 0 | I | ||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 43 | 37 | 80 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (I)§ | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 (1) | 2 | 3 (1)§ | ||
| Children with heart disease, i.e., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the public elementary school. | At Certified Hospital Schools | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 22 | 25 | 47 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Of the three boys suffering from multiple defects one is in attendance at a certified school for mentally defective
children and suffers from infantile paralysis ; one is in attendance at a cert'fied school for mentally defective children
and suffers from epilepsy, and is awaiting admission to an epileptic colony ; and the third boy is in an orthopaedic
hospital school and suffers from epilepsy and spastic hemiplegia.
§ The figures in brackets indicate the number of these children who should be receiving Special School
education.
Table No. 24.—Corresponding to Table IV. of The Board of Education's Medical
Statistical Tables.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1932.
Treatment Table.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
| Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects Treated, or under Treatment during the Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Treated. | Total. | ||
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Skin:— | |||
| Ringworm—Scalp | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Body | 29 | 5 | 34 |
| Scabies | 104 | 14 | 118 |
| Impetigo | 305 | 25 | 330 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 1,971 | 56 | 2,027 |
| Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 492 | 24 | 516 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 479 | 38 | 517 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains, etc.) | 3,997 | 583 | 4,580 |
| Total | 7,383 | 751 | 8,134 |