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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Orthopaedic and Postural Defects
| No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 1953 | |
| No. treated as in-patients in hospitals | 36 | 36 |
| No. treated otherwise, e.g., in clinics or out-patient departments | ||
| (a) By the county council | 362 | 369 |
| (b) Otherwise | 508 | 507 |
Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ending 31st December , 1954)
| Ascertainment | Distribution (as at last day of year) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | No. of ascertained cases known 1st day of year | No. of new cases ascertained during year | No. of ascertained cases known last day of year | In special day schools | In special residential schools | In maintained primary and secondary schools | In independent schools | Not at school | Total | |||||||||
| B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | |
| Blind pupils | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Partially-sighted pupils | 10 | 8 | 4 | . 4 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 8 |
| Deaf pupils | 9 | 7 | 2 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| Partially deaf pupils | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 |
| Delicate pupils | 80 | 50 | 83 | 81 | 68 | 40 | 1 | — | 59 | 30 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 68 | 40 |
| Diabetic pupils f | ||||||||||||||||||
| Educ. sub-normal pupils | 92 | 80 | 16 | 14 | 81 | 65 | 56 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 81 | 65 |
| Epileptic pupils | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Maladjusted pupils | 40 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 8 | 1 | — | 30 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 8 |
| Physically handicapped pupils | 52 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 41 | 23 |
| Pupils with speech defects | 261 | 82 | 99 | 39 | 319 | 98 | — | — | — | — | 303 | 93 | — | — | 16 | 5 | 319 | 98 |
| Pupils with multiple defects | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | —- | 25 | 18 | ||
| Totals | 586 | 295 | 223 | 153 | 606 | 274 | 132 | 92 | 123 | 58 | 330 | 116 | — | — | 21 | 6 | 606 | 274 |
| Grand totals 1954 | 881 | 376 | 880 | 224 | 181 | 446 | 2 | 27 | 880 | |||||||||
| 1953 | 804 | 609 | 881 | 265 | 189 | 402 | 2 | 21 | 881 | |||||||||