Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Speech Therapy
Clinic or school | No. of cases dealt with during the year |
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Kilburn clinic | 139 |
Willesden clinic | 85 |
Stonebridge clinic | 115 |
Lower Place special school for physically handi | |
capped pupils | 24 |
Leinster special school for educationally sub-normal | |
pupils | 9 |
Totals 1954 | 372 |
1953 | 276 |
Infestation with Vermin
1954 | 1953 | |
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Total no. of examinations | 42,370 | 39,912 |
Total no. of pupils found to be infested | 1,508 | 1,904 |
Total no. of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during the current year | 606 | 675 |
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/2, Education Act, 1944 | 128 | 360 |
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/3, Education Act, 1944 | 7 | 32 |
Employment of Children and Young Persons
1954 | 1953 | |
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No. of children medically examined in order to ascertain whether they were physically fit to undertake employment of a light nature outside school hours | 118 | 118 |
No. of instances in which the state of health was found to be such that certificates were withheld | 2 | - |
No. of children examined as to fitness to take part in entertainments | 22 | 21 |
No. of cases in which certificates to take part in entertainments were withheld | — |
Medical Examination of Teachers
1954 | 1953 | |
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No. of teachers examined as to fitness for appointment | 16 | 19 |
No. of students examined as to fitness for first appointment | 28 | 2 |
No. of students examined as to fitness to undertake training course | 28 | 33 |