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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: T able N o. 56.

T able N o. 56.

CONDITIONS.No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.No. of visits made on account of these defects.No. of Medical Examinations made on account of these defects.No. of defects for which no report is available.No. of defects treated.Results of Treatment.Percentage of defects treated.No. of defects not treated.Total No. of defects under observation at end of year and carried forward to succeeding year.
Carried forward from previous year.New.Total.School Clinic.Home (i.e., under super-1 vision of Medical staff of Authority).Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.Infirmary or Poor Law.Private Practitioner.Total.Remedied.Improved.Unchanged.Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known at end of year).Removed from observation.Still under observation at end of year.Total.
Clothing-
Unsatisfactory08840200800087I00100.000000
Footgear-
Unsatisfactory...............................................................
Cleanliness of Head-
Nits51217288117836590*279000279223500696.870006
Pediculi426807223°491140190**69730370355413601397.3600013
Other Dirty Conditions...............................................................
Cleanliness of Body
Dirty07719200700075200100.000000
Pediculi238401175400400004040000100.000000
Fleabitten0225100200022000100.000000
Nutrition
Below Normal08817600†620084400100.000000
Bads1015551800† † 12I01140120293.33I012

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*One of these was cleansed at the Willesden Isolation Hospital. † Four of these were provided with School Meals by the Willesden Education Authority.
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