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Willesden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
for the
Year ending 31st December, 1938,
on the
HEALTH OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS IN WILLESDEN.
Giving the Tables required by the Board of Education.
Table No. 20.—Corresponding to Table 1 of the Board of Education's Medical Statisticai,
Tables.
Return of Medical Inspections for the year ended 31st December, 1938:—
A.—Routine Medical Inspections. Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
| Entrants | 2,484 |
| Second Age Group | 2,382 |
| Third Age Group | 1,545 |
| Total | 6,411 |
| Number of other Routine Inspections | 0 |
| Grand Total | 6,411 |
B.—O ther Inspections.
| Number of Special Inspections | 7,054 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 15,639 |
| Total | ... 22,693 |
C.—C hildren Found to Require Treatment.
Number of
| Group. | For defective Vision (excluding squint). | For all other conditions recorded in Table IIA. | Total.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Entrants | 10 | 548 | 550 |
| Second Age Group | 198 | 379 | 526 |
| Third Age Group | 113 | 176 | 278 |
| Total (Prescribed Groups) | 321 | 1103 | 1,354 |
| Other Routine Inspections | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Total | 321 | 1103 | 1,354 |
* Note.—No individual child is counted more than once in any column of this table. A child suffering from
defective vision and from adenoids appears once in column (2), once in column (3), and once only in column (4). A
child suffering from two defects other than defective vision appears once only in column (3) and once in column (4).