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Willesden 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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146
Other Diseases or Defects.—The following Table,
No. 104, classifies the various conditions coming under this
heading noted during medical inspection in 1913 :—

Table: TableNo.104.

TableNo.104.

No. of scholars examined 9343
Speech—
Indistinct or imperfect86 = 0.9 per cent.
Husky, thick or muffled79 = 0.8 per cent.
Stammering, jerky, or hesitating42 = 0.4 per cent.
Lisping39 = 0.4 per cent.
Nasal or twangy14 = 0.1 per cent.260 or 2.8 per cent.
Heart and Circulation—
Organic heart disease66=1.8 per cent.
Functional heart disease87=0.9 per cent.
Congenital heart disease1 =0.01 per cent.
Anaemia92 = 1.0 per cent.346 = 37 per cent.
Lungs (excluding tuberculosis)—
Bronchitis108 = 1 .2 per cent.
Asthma4=0.04 per cent.
Other diseases89 = 1.0 per cent.201 =2.2 per cent.
Nervous diseases—
Epilepsy6=0.06 per cent.
Night terrors4=0.04 per cent.
Other diseases97 = 1.0 per cent.107 = 1.1 per cent.
Tuberculosis—
Lungs11 =0.1 per cent.
Other organs18=0.2 per cent.29=0.3 per cent.
Rickets242 = 2.6 per cent.242=2.6 per cent.
Deformities, spinal disease, &c.98 = 1 .0 per cent.98= 1.0 per cent.
Infectious diseases (not including infectious skin diseases)0= — per cent.0= — per cent.
Other diseases or defects —
Rupture21 =0 2 per cent.
Phimosis10=0.1 per cent.
Chorea6=0.06 per cent.
Incontinence of urine14=0.1 per cent.
Enlarged thyroid3=0.03 per cent.
Congenital syphilis3=0.03 per cent.
Other diseases or defects142 = 1.5 per cent.199 = 2.1 per cent.