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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table 76 Speech Therapy

Table 76 Speech Therapy

Clinic or SchoolNo. of cases dealt with during the year
Kilburn clinic133
Pound Lane clinic77
Stonebridge clinic30
Lower Place special school for physically handicapped pupils27
Leinster special school for educationally subnormal pupils—
Totals1960267
1959321

Table: Table 77 Infestation with Vermin

Table 77 Infestation with Vermin

19601959
Total no. of examinations26,76431,235
Total no. of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during the current year438465
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/2 Education Act, 1944194189
Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued under section 54/3 Education Act, 1944—1

Table: Table 78County Council Day Special Schools — Admissions

Table 78

County Council Day Special Schools — Admissions

County District in which Children resideNo. of new recommendations received during the yearNo. of children admitted during the yearNo. of children on waiting list at 31.12.60
Lower Place Special School for Physically Handicapped Pupils
Willesden15132
Wembley541
Ealing11-
Acton22-
Hendon541
Totals28244

Table: Table 79 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944 — Sections 57 (3), 57 (4) and 57 (5)

Table 79 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944 — Sections 57 (3), 57 (4) and 57 (5)

19601959
Cases dealt with under section 57, Education Act, 1944:—
Sub-Section 356
Sub-Section 4--
Sub-Section 51422
Cases de-notitied under section 8, Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1948—1