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Willesden 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table No. 26—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education
for 1923. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of “Specials,” or from other
Sources, these latter having never been inspected by the Education Committee’s Medical Officers; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1929.

Table: Table No. 26—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1923. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of "Specials," or from other Sources, these latter having never been inspected by the Education Committee’s Medical Officers; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1929.

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Table No. 26—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1923. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of "Specials," or from other Sources, these latter having never been inspected by the Education Committee’s Medical Officers; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1929.

CONDITIONS		No. of defects followed up.			No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects not needing treatment.	No. of defects treated.							Grand Total.	Results of Treatment.				Percentage of defects treated.		No. of defects not treated.			No. of defects under ob-servation at end of year, and carried forward to succeeding year
							No. of defects treated.								Remedied.	Improved.	Unchanged.	Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known).	Percentage of defects treated.		No. of defects not treated.
							School Clinic.	Hospital (under Council Scheme).	Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.	Infirmary or Poor Law.			Domestic Treatment only.						Exclud-ing Domestic Treatment.	Including Domestic Treatment.	Removed from observation.	Remaining under observation.	Total.
		Brought forward from previous	New.	Total.			School Clinic.	Hospital (under Council Scheme).	Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.	Infirmary or Poor Law.	Private Practitioner.	Total.	Domestic Treatment only.						Exclud-ing Domestic Treatment.	Including Domestic Treatment.	Removed from observation.	Remaining under observation.	Total.
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	¹⁸	19	20	21	22	23	24
Clothing- Unsatisfactory		3	9	12	2	-	-	-	-	-		-	10	10	¹⁰	-	-	—	%	% 100.0	-	—	—	—
Footgear-
Unsatisfactory		1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	1	100.0	-	-	-	-
Cleanliness of Head
Nits		104	1,822	1,926	42	—	100	—	—	—	—	100	1,728	1,828	1,686	—	—	142		5.3	97.0	56	56	198
Pediculi		47	344	391	7	—	181	—	—	1	—	182	195	377	326	-	-	51		100.0	-	-	7	58
Other dirty conditions		1	9	10	1	—	2	-	-	-	-	2	7	9	8	1	-	-		22.2	100	-	-	-
Cleanliness of Body—
Dirty		2	9	11	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	7	8	8	—	-	-	11.1	88.9	-	1	1	1
Pediculi		—	1	1	—	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	—	—	-	-	100.0	-	-	-	-
Fleabitten		-	17	17	—	—	1	—	—	—	-	1	15	16	16	-	-	-	5.9	94.1	-	1	1	1
Malnutrition		37	48	85	6	-	19	-	7	-	3	29	24	53	10	31	-	12	36.7	67.1	12	14	26	26
Nose and Throat-
Enlarged Tonsils		479	1,083	1,562	73	54	—	119	170	2	10	301	4	305	291	7	—	7	21.0	21.3	582	548	1,130	555
Adenoids		39	125	164	7	6	-	29	19	—	1	49	—	49	45	—	-	4	32.5	32.5	56	46	102	50
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids		282	603	885	45	16	7	272	169	1	3	452	11	463	442	—	-	21	54.9	56.2	131	230	361	251
Other conditions		32	130	162	10	4	46	-	12	1	42	101	36	137	110	7	1	19	68.2	92.62	2		11	28
Cervical or Neck Glands-
Enlarged (non- T.B.)		154	314	468	28	12	190	—	35		35	260	69	329	256	27	1	40	60.7	76.9	24	75	99	120
External Eye Diseases—
Blepharitis		40	120	160	1	—	123	—	4	—	4	131	25	156	126	4	-	26	82.4	98.1	1	2	3	28
Conjunctivitis		18	270	288	2	-	228	—	11	—	9	248	37	285	271	3	-	11	100.0	99.7	-	1	1	12
Corneal Opacities		4	3	7	2	—	4	—	1	—	-—	5	—	5	1	1	2	1	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	1
Keratitis		2	3	3	—	—	—	—	4	1	—	5	—	5	—	1	3	1	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	1
Other conditions		20	107	127	—	2	77	-	18	—	1	96	25	121	107	2	-	12	76.8	96.8	2	2	4	14
Ear Diseases—
Chionic Suppuration of Middle Ear		59	193	252	6	4	174	—	23	2	15	214	17	231	173	11	-	47	88.4	95.5	2	9	11	56
		9	30	39	1	4	18	-	2	—	2	22	3	25	14	8	1	1	64.7	73.5	4	5	9	7
Wax		15	85	100	2	1	88	-	—	-	—	88	4	92	88	-	-	4	90.7	94.8	1	4	5	8
Other conditions		21	96	117	2	7	64	—	15	1	5	85	18	103	87	6	-	1U	78.7	95.4	1	4	5	14
Teeth—See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation—
Organic Disease		5	23	28	5	—	1	—	11	-	3	15	—	10	—	5	2	8	65.2	65.2	6	2	8	1U
Functional Disease		17	20	37	6	5	3	—	10	•	5	18	3	21	5	11	-	5	78.5	80.8	4	15	17	72
Anaemia		66	178	244	6	1	131	—	46	—	9	186	34	220	75	88	-	57	78.5	92.8	2	15	17	72
Other conditions		1	3	4	—	-	—	—	2	—	1	3	1	4		2		2	75.0	100.0	-	-	-	2
Lungs—
Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh		33	151	184	3	1	30	-	11	—	75	116	58	174	143	12	-	19	64.4	96.7	-	6	6	25
Tuberculosis		—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	-	—	1	—	1	-	1	-	-	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	-
T.B. Suspected		7	17	24	6	1	4	—	8	—	—	12	1	13	-	8	-	5	70.6	76.5	1	4	5	8
Other disease (non- T.B.)		32	60	92	3	—	28	—	17	7	25	77	7	84	41	17	-	26	86.5	94.4	1	4	5	30
Nervous System—
Epilepsy		7	3	10	1	—	—	-—	4	1	—	5	2	7	—	5	2	-	55.6	77.8	2	-	2	-
Chorea		18	37	55	5	-	—	—	32	2	11	45	1	46	18	l6	-	12	90.0	92.0	2	2	4	14
Other conditions		25	44	69	4	3	12	—	22	-	5	39	12	51	20	17	-	14	62.9	82.3	3	⁸	¹¹	22
Skin-
Ringworm	Head Body	3	35	38	-	-	26	-	1	-	8	35	3	38	35	-	—	3	92 .1	100.0	—	-	-	3
Impetigo		56	560	616	5	—	437	-	12	3	39	491	117	608	581	-	—	27	80.4	99-5	—	3	3	30
Scabies		-	44	44	—	1	28	-	5	2	7	42	1	43	43	-	-	-	97.7	100.0	-			-
Minor Injuries		80	1,086	1,166	12	20	968	-	29	2	12	1,011	121	1,132	1,067	-	-	65	89.2	99.8	-	2	2	67
Other disease (non. T.B.)		235	1,601	1,836	29	18	1,379	-	23	—	72	1,474	300	1,774	1,591	10	2	1/1	82.4	99.2	3	12	15	183
Deformities—
Rickets		4	8	12	4	2			4	—		b	—	6	-	1	1	5	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	5
Spinal Curvature		3	13	16	-	2	-	-	5	—	2	7	1	8	1	2	1	4	50.0	57.1	2	4	6	8
Other forms		16	30	46	3	3	1	-	19	-	2	22	6	28	7	1 /	1	³	55.0	70.0	6	6	12	9
Tuberculosis (Non- Pulmonary)
Definite—Glands		5	3	8	l	—	3	—	3		—	6	—	6	l	4	-	l	85.7	85. 7	l	-	1	1
,, Bones and joint		1	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	—	-	1	—	1	-	-	-	1	100.0	100. 0	-	-	-	1
,, Other forms		1	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	₁	-	3	100.0	100.0	-	1	1	1
Suspected—Glands		3	3	6	1	-	2	-	1	—	1	4	-	4	-	1	-	-	80.0	80.0	-	-	-	4
„ Bones and joint		1	1	2	-	1	-	—	—	—	-	—	1	l	-		-	-	100.0	100. 0	-	-	-	-
,, Other forms		1	3	4	1	—	-	—	3	-	-	3	-	3	1	1		1	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	1
Speech—
Defective Articulation		6	17	23	5	—	2	-	4	-	—	6	4	10	~~	6	2	2	33.3	55.b	6	2	8	4
Squint—
Squint present		28	79	107	6	5	55	—	12	-	—	67	1	68	10	29	13	16	69.8	70.8	12	16	28	32
Vision—
Defect not ascertained		18	37	55	5	11	24	-	1	-	—	25	—	25	10	8	3	4	64.1	64.1	7	7	14	11
One eye normal		64	99	163	16	9	77	-	11	—	6	94	—	94	38	21	16	19	68.1	68.1	24	20	44	39
Both eyes 6/6		6	5C	56	-	32	20	-	2	—	—	20	—	20	3		13	4	83.3	83.3	4	-	4	4
,, 6/9		15	53	68	3	14	30	-	2	-	—	32	—	32	12	7	2	11	62.7	62.7	14	5	19	16
One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less		55	122	177	11	11	79	—	22	-	5	106		106	44	25	12	25	68.4	68.4	21	28	49	53
Both eyes 6/12 or less		116	309	425	20	5	255	-	41	-	16	312	—	312	150	72	20	70	77 .4	77.4	44	47	91	117
Spectacles broken		50	314	364	8	5	326	-	2	-	14	342	2	344	306	-	—	38	97.4	98.0	4	3	7	41
lost		12	37	49	3	4	37	—	—	—	2	39	—	39	25	-	-	14	92.9	92.9	1	2	3	16
Debility		321	776	1,097	17	1	723	-	101	1	77	902	125	1,027	700	84	2	241	83.6	95.2	17	35	52	276
Miscellaneous		342	3,359	3,701	62	295	1,536	-	265	14	. 387	2,205	1,034	3,239	2,868	138	16	217	65.9	96.9	36	69	105	286
Grand Totals		3,022	14,601	17,623	493	557	7,542	420	1,224	42	914	10,142	4,073	14,215	11,872	718	115	1,510	61.2	85.8	1,041	1,317	2,358	2,827

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Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision, other than Lost and Broken Spectacles, and other conditions—
No. of cases dealt with 2,483

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