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Willesden 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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(3) Invalid Children's Aid Association:—
Aims and Methods.—To obtain for the children the best medical advice and treatment
available, and to equip them as far as possible to earn their living in the future, by:—
(1) Arranging for the necessary treatment in Hospitals or Nursing Homes.
(2) Providing Convalescent Treatment.
(3) Sending away for prolonged boarding-out in the country.
(4) Providing surgical instruments and carriages.
(5) Regular visiting in their own homes.
The parents of the children are expected to contribute according to their means towards the
cost of the treatment.
Three Branches of this Association are at work in Willesden, viz.:—
(a) The Willesden Branch, Hon. Secretary, Miss Emmeline Fisher, 14, Aylestone Avenue,
Brondesbury Park, N.W. 6.
Cases dealt with during 1919.
Number of children on Register at beginning of year 449
Cases referred during 1919 100
Cases marked off, over age, etc. 39
Present number on Register 510
New Cases in 1919.
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | 8 | Bones (non-tubercular) | 1 |
| Spine | 2 | Skin | 2 |
| Hip | 8 | Eye | 6 |
| Ankle | 1 | Congenital Deformities | 7 |
| Glands | 4 | Infantile Paralysis | 6 |
| Tubercular Peritonitis | 3 | Injuries | 5 |
| Anaemia and Debility | 25 | Heart | 2 |
| Debility after Acute Illness | 2 | Diseases of the Nervous System | 2 |
| Rickets | 3 | Hernia | 1 |
| Diseases of Lung (non-Tubercular) | 1 | Spinal Curvature | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 6 | Bright's Disease | 1 |
| Asthma | 1 | Graves' Disease | 1 |
Help given to Old and New Cases in 1919.
| Sent to— Convalescent Homes | 32 |
| Nursing Homes | 7 |
| Special Hospitals | 1 |
| Boarded out | 25 |
| Extensions from previous year | 5 |
| Visits paid (over) | 2,090 |
| Provided with— Surgical Instruments and Boots | 40 |
| Invalid Carriages | 9 |
| Crutches | 2 |
| Massage and Exercises | 4 |
| Clothing | Many |
| Assisted by Middlesex County Council | 6 |
| Relieved by Poor Law | 3 |
| Started work | 10 |
(b) The Paddington and Kilburn Branch, Hon. Secretary, Miss Streatfeild, 9, Craven
Terrace, Lancaster Gate, W. 2.
(c) The Edgar Lee Home for Invalid Boys, 14, Stonebridge Park. The Home is for boys
of 5 to 14 years of age suffering from Heart Disease and Rheumatism. It accommodates
22 boys who stay at the Home for periods of from 3 months upwards.
(4) Kilburn, Maida Vale and St. John's Wood General Dispensary, 13, Kilburn Park Road,
Hon. Secretary, R. Newnham Davis, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 19, Greville Road, N.W. 6.
The Dispensary deals with cases occurring in Willesden South of Dyne Road and Winchester
Avenue, and East of Salusbury Road, i.e., about half of North Kilburn and practically the whole
of Mid Kilburn and South Kilburn.
(5) Kilburn Provident Medical Institute, 1, Greville Road, Kilburn, Secretary, H. T. Carter,,
84, Belsize Road, N.W. 6.