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Willesden 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 8.Showing Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres each year since 1913.

Table No. 8.

Showing Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres each year since 1913.

Year.Mothers and Children under 5 years.School Children.Total.School for Mothers.Nursery.Miscellaneous.Grand Total.
Medical.Dental.Total.Medical.Dental.Total.
1913000299029929900299
19140002,51702,5172,517002,517
19150005,67405,6745,674005,674
191638903899,59309,5939,982009,982
19178,64108,6419,44809,44818,0890018,089
191832,1691,16533,33415,8112,40318,21451,5484422051,812
191932,87087833,74846,17911,02457,20390,9511,0892,81494,854
192051,4681,82353,29164,58810,67075,258128,5492,3543,452134,355
192141,5621,66743,22957,0327,71864,750107,9791,7162,356112,051
192227,50589428,39939,9897,02547,01475,4131,6162,19079,219
192323,27153323,80440,3813,59943,98067,7842,7613,27073,815
192417,08252017,60234,8452,46037,30554,9072,8962,80860,611
192526,11993627,05511,6955,12346,81873,8734,0743,81281,759
192639,0841,49140,57547,7865,90953,69594,2704,1263,645102,041
192740,9581,59342,55147,1996,58353,78296,3333,8473,291103,471
192810,7871,73342,52043,9566,48150,44092,9604,41853,355100,800
192943,4191,59845,01739,6986,30746,00591,0224,5233,44698,991
193059,3722,34161,71349,61010,53760,147121,8605,9585,371133,189
193176,3953,47379,86865,94215,18081,122160,9906,9286,98521,884196,787
193284,3424,38588,72767,96416,09484,058172,7856,5366,22728,817214,365
193384,7824,79189,57371,58715,65287,239176,8125,2975,26827,256214,633
193488,4725,03693,50862,21213,09575,307168,8155,3374,72630,139209,017
193592,6665,59698,26263,66612,44776,113174,3755,3435,29932,553217,570
193696,7285,752102,48067,73612,32580,061182,5415,1984,98538,440231,164
1937108,7155,14.3113,85871,62111,25082,871196,7294,2574,09242,169247,247
1938114,7695,265120,03467,81111,51179,352199,3864,8774,38747,312255,962
1939102,2255,492107,71744,6837,48552,168159,8853,0672,94352,147218,042
194079,3065,00084,30616,0174,11720,134104,440——50,841155,281
194171,5574,44576,00222,5763,58526,161102,163——44,202146,365
194288,6445,83994,48337,9745,47413,448137,931——50,956188,887
194396,7374,948101,68540,3147,57547,889149,574——55,988205,562
194480,0174,30484,32128,7977,58236,379120,700——42,943163,643
194586,7114,77991,49035,0568,45243,508134,998——36,700*171,698

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* This includes the 3,468 attendances made by Secondary and Technical School children and the 601 by adults and
others under Section 181 of the Public Health Act, 1986, which are shown in the footnote of Table No. 7.
In addition 8,763 attendances were made at the newly opened Scabies and Lice Treatment Clinic which in previous years
would have been included in above Tables.
In 1945, 3 School Children and 2 Children under 5 years of age were treated under the Council's Scheme
In X-rays for Ringworm of the Scalp.
13 children under 5 years of age were treated under the Council's Scheme for the removal of Naevi.

Table: Table No. 9.Number of Individual Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children who Attended the MunicipalHealth Centres in 1945.

Table No. 9.

Number of Individual Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children who Attended the Municipal

Health Centres in 1945.

Public Elementary School Children7,945
Children under 5 years of age6,710
Expectant Mothers3,467
Nursing Mothers3,302

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PRINCESS ROAD CENTRE.
1,422 attendances were made by Children under 1 year of age at the Medical Consultation Sessions in 1945,
395 by Children 1.5 years of age and 1,373 by Nursing Mothers, or a total of 3,190.
UNCLEANLINESS AND SCABIES.
The following table shows the work done at the Scabies and Lice Treatment Clinic opened on March 16th,
1944. The cases were followed up in their homes by the Health Visitors and necessary action taken as to cleansing,
disinfection, examination and treatment of contacts and education as to cleanliness. Steel nit combs can be obtained
at the Health Centres. Certain publications relative to Lice and Scabies are distributed from time to time. In
the case of uncleanliness, especially of the aged, the Health Visitors work in conjunction with the Sanitary Inspectors,
and if necessary and practicable, patients are admitted to hospital for a short period to enable the premises to be
suitably cleansed.