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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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T able N o. 103.
| Condition needing attention. | Number brought forward from preceding year. | Number referred for visitation during 1913. | Number visited during 1913. | Number receiving treatment at first visit. | Number treatment result of | receiving as a direct visiting. | Number moved or left School before any kind of treatment was undertaken. | Number given up as hopeless. | Total number to be carried forward | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical. | Domestic. | Medical. | Domestic. | |||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| Nutrition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Vermin and want of cleanliness | ... | 385 | 387 | 1 | 210 | 1 | 172 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Teeth | 3 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Nose and Throat | 17 | 37 | 56 | 5 | ... | 22 | ... | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| Eyes | ... | 42 | 43 | 11 | l8 | 13 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Vision | 49 | 184 | 252 | 24 | ... | 139 | ... | 23 | 23 | 43 |
| Ear Discharge | 2 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Speech | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mental Condition | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Heart | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lungs | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Nervous Disorders | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis. | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Deformities | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Infectious and Contagious Diseases | ... | 377 | 380 | 97 | 195 | 68 | 18 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Other Defects | 2 | 3i | 34 | 16 | 5 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals 1913 | 75 | 1092 | 1199 | 182 | 431 | 259 | 190 | 32 | 37 | 68 |
| 1912 | 106 | 1102 | 1261 | 170 | 430 | 3°3 | 211 | 24 | 48 | 75 |
| 1911 | 112 | 1030 | 1066 | 167 | 325 | 284 | 225 | ... | ... | 106 |
| 1910 | 79 | 941 | 1010 | 166 | 308 | 199 | 268 | ... | ... | 112 |
*This includes cases found by Health Visitors when visiting those referred to under column 3. The numbers in column 4 are therefore
generally greater than the numbers in columns 3 + column 2.
Action of Health Visitors in Obtaining Treatment.
—The following Table, No. 103, indicates the work done
by the Health Visitors in obtaining treatment of defects in
cases urgently requiring the same—
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