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 | 131 | |
Willesden clinic | 48 | |
Stonebridge clinic | 133 | |
Lower Place special school for physically handicapped pupils | 22 | |
Leinster special school for educationally sub-normal pupils | 11 | |
Totals | 1955 | 345 |
1954 | 372 |
Infestation with Vermin
1955 | 1954 | |
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Total no. of examinations | 33,376 | 42,370 |
Total no. of pupils found to be infested | 1,014 | 1,508 |
Total no. of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during the current year | 417 | 606 |
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/2, Education Act, 1944 | 38 | 128 |
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/3, Education Act, 1944 | — | 7 |
Employment of Children and Young Persons
1955 | 1954 | |
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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 | 288 | 118 |
No. of instances in which the state of health was found to be such that certificates were withheld | 1 | 2 |
No. of children examined as to fitness to take part in entertainments | 22 | 22 |
No. of cases in which certificates to take part in entertainments were withheld | — | — |
Medical Examination of Teachers
1955 | 1954 | |
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No. of teachers examined as to fitness for appointment | 9 | 16 |
No. of students examined as to fitness for first appointment | 36 | 28 |
No. of students examined as to fitness to undertake training course | 49 | 28 |