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Willesden 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Deformities-
| Deformity Present | 4 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 68-75 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tuberculosis (Non-pulmonary)— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glandular | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bones and Joints | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Forms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suspected—Glandular | 4 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ioo'oo | |||||
| „ Bones & Joints | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| ,, Other Forms | 0 | 3 | 3 | '3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1oo'oo | |||||
| Speech- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defective Articulation | O | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Squint- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Squint Present... | 45 | 37 | 82 | 197 | 170 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81-71 | 9 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Vision- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defect not ascertained | ttsi | 28 | 59 | 150 | 37 | 5 | 6 | H | 0 | 6 | 0 | +5 | 25 | 5 | W | 1 | 42 37 | J3 | 23 | |||
| One Eye Normal | 11 | 66 | 77 | 108 | 218 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 80-52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Beth Eyes 6/6 | 3 | 59 | 62 | 7S | '39 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 46-77 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Both Eyes 6/9 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 78 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| One Eye 6/9,Other 6/12 or less | 7 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 160 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 46 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 8070 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| Both Eyes 6/12 or less | 45 | 218 | 263 | 35° | 769 | 1 | 3 | 23* | 0 | 3 | 0 | ^ 1 | 242 | 59 | 8 | 24 | 92.02 | 11 | 6 | 1/ | 30 | |
| Spectacles Broken | 13 | 3^4 | 397 | 288 | 701 | 2 | 0 | 382 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 38; | 365 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 97 4» | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Spectacles Lost | 4 | 70 | 74 | 121 | l66 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 98.65 | |||||||||
| Debility......... | 15 | 86 | ioi | 331 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 93 | 27 | 53 | 1 | 12 | 92.08 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Miscellaneous | 46 | 657 | 703 | 1483 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 421 | 96 | 3 | 150 | 670 | 53i | 109 | 5 | 25 | 95 '31 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 46 |
| Grand Totals | +792 | 5671 | 6463 | 7402 | 96 | 101 | 1392 | 2965 | 772 | S3 | 675 | 5837 | 4173 | 1150 | 84 | 430 | 90-31 | 120 | 309 | 429 | 739 |
Mental Condition—Dull or Backward and Mentally Detective (all grades)—
No. of New Cases examined during 1917 ••• 4& found on Examination to be Dull or Backward 21
Found on Examination to be Mentally Defective 27
Re examinations for Defective Vision other than T,ost nnd Broken Spectacles—No. of Visits... 1110 No. of Mediral Exnmi-ations... iqXo
One case wusuuiiaea uy uic risMMaut ocuwoi iviedical Othcer during the year, and was dean wun as a notifiable intectiuus disease.
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ft The remaining 17 appearing in 1916 as carried forward appearamong the cases brought forward in 1917 as follows
One eye normal...2 Both eyes 6/6.. 2 One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less.. 1 Both eyes 6/1-s or less.. 12 X Includes those treated by Optician,
t The remaining n of the 803 appearing as carried forward in the 1916 Report were under 5 years of age and are dealt with separately in 1917.