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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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C— Pupils Found to Require Treatment.
Number of Individual Pupils Found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (Excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
| Group. | Kilburn Grammar School. | Kilburn Polytechnic Trade School. | Willesden County School. | Willesden Polytechnic Building and Engineering Trade Schools. | Willesden School of Art. | Convent of Jesus and Mary. | Brondesbury and Kilburn High School. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Boys. | Girls. | Girls. | Girls. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | N umber of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | N umber of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | Number of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | N umber of Pupils. | Percentage of Pupils found to require treatment. | ||||||||||
| Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | ||||||||||
| Prescribed Groups — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entrants (at any age) | 99 | 12 | 12.1 | 79 | 22 | 27.8 | 68 | 5 | 7.4 | 24 | 2 | 8.3 | 156 | 32 | 20.5 | 43 | 12 | 27.9 | 29 | 9 | 31.0 | 143 | 29 | 20.3 | 66 | 10 | 15.2 |
| Pupils aged 12 years | 72 | 19 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 8 | 16.7 | 49 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 25 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Pupils aged 15 years | 94 | 19 | 20.2 | 66 | 17 | 25.8 | 53 | 6 | 11.3 | 45 | 9 | 20.0 | 70 | 16 | 22.9 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 25 | 4 | 16.0 |
| Total (Prescribed Groups) | 265 | 50 | 18.9 | 145 | 39 | 26.9 | 169 | 19 | 11.2 | 118 | 18 | 15.3 | 226 | 48 | 21.2 | 52 | 13 | 25.0 | 31 | 9 | 29.0 | 152 | 33 | 21.6 | 116 | 19 | 16.4 |
| **Other Routine Inspections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| **During 1935 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:— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table No. 36.— Corresponding to Table IV. of The Board of Education's Medical Statistical Tables.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1935.
Treatment Tables.
Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.).
Number of Defects Treated or Under Treatment During the Year.
Only 3 defects were treated during the year:— All 3 were cases of Skin Disease other than
Ringworm, Scabies or Impetigo, and received treatment from a private practitioner or hospital.
One case occurred in a pupil at the Kilburn Grammar School and 2 in pupils at the Willesden County
School (Boys).