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Willesden 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 41.—Corresponding to Table IV. appendix G of the 1916 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education. Return showing the nature and number of defects referred for treatment, the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1917.

Table No. 41.—Corresponding to Table IV. appendix G of the 1916 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education. Return showing the nature and number of defects referred for treatment, the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1917.

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 not needing treatment.School Clinic.No. ot 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.
Brought forward from previous year.New.Total.Home {i.e., under supervision 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-
Unsatisfactory167190000700073400100.000000
Footgear- Unsatisfactory0557000040004310080.001010
Cleanliness of Head -
Nits25208233880249500209000209154512289.701181920
Pediculi307637932834121700675640176759915611196.721161727
Other Dirty Conditions18915130060006600066.670000
Cleanliness of Body-
Dirty04470000400043100100.000000
Pediculi13132592110031000312920096.880000
Fleabitten0101024100010000105500100.000000
Nutrition—
Below Normal145151000220150311100.000001
Bad..................................................................