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Willesden 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1957
Pages
60
Tables
113

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113 tables in this report

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF AREA
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    VITAL STATISTICS
    Registered Live Births :MaleFemaleTotalWillesden Borough Council
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    Swimming Baths All samples taken were found satisfactory.
    Swimming BathSamples Taken
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    No. of Old People Using Laundry Service
    On register 1.1.56New casesDiedRemoved from districtAdmitted to hospitalRecommenced after discharge from hospitalOn register 31.12.56
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    Inquests Held on Willesden Residents
    1950195119521953195419551956
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    TABLES Table 1 DEATHS
    Causes:
    MalesFemalesTotal
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    I nfant M ortality T able 2 I nfant M ortality and S tillbirths: W illesden and E ngland and W ales
    YearPopulationRegistered Births WillesdenDeaths under 1 year WillesdenInfant death rate WillesdenInfant death rate England and WalesRegistered Stillbirths WillesdenStillbirth rate WillesdenStillbirth rate England and Wales
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    Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards
    WardNumber of deathsTotal 1954-56Rate 1954-56
    195419551956
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    Table 4 Infant Mortality:—by Social Class
    Social Class GroupNeo-natal1-12 monthsTotal
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    Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)
    1936-19391940-19451946-19501951-19551956 (1955 in brackets)
    DeathsRate
    DeathsRateDeathsRateDeathsRateDeathsRateNeonatal1-12 monthsTotal
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    Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)
    YearBirths in homeBirths in hospitalHome births transferred to hospitalTotal
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    Premature births and deaths: —by Wards
    WardPremature births notifiedRate per 1,000 live birthsDeaths
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    Table 8 Prematurity—cause of deaths
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    Table 9 Infant Mortality:—Congenital malformations
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    Table 10 Infant Mortality: —Infections (a) Causes
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    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES Table 11 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations —154
    Schools (pasteurised)Dealers' premisesTotal
    PasteurisedT.T. pasteurisedSterilised
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    Ice Cream examinations —47
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    Table 12 Uncleanliness and Scabies
    New cases treatedAttendances
    ScabiesLice and nitsTotalScabiesLice and nitsTotal
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    HEALTH EDUCATION Table 13 Talks
    No. visitedTotal No. of talksSubjectsTotal attendancesNo. of attendances
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    Table 14 Mothercraft
    No. of clinicsTotal No. of classesVisits by health visitors
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    PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Table 15 Infectious diseases—cases notified
    19551956
    NotifiedConfirmedDeathsNotifiedConfirmedDeaths
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    Table 16 Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales
    YearPopulationChild population (estimated)Cases confirmedDeathsCase rate per 1,000 populationDeath rate per 1,000 populationChildren vaccinated in Willesden
    0-4 years5-15 yearsWillesdenEngland & WalesWillesdenEngland & WalesWillesdenEngland & WalesWillesdenEngland & Wales
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    Table 17 Poliomyelitis
    0—15 years15 years and overTotal
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    TUBERCULOSIS Table 18 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths
    YearPopulationNew casesDeathsCases on register
    PulmonaryNon- pulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll forms
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    Table 19 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate
    YearPopulationNew cases Rate per 1,000 populationDeaths Rate per 1,000 population
    PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll forms
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    Table 20 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups
    Age groupsNew casesDeaths
    RespiratoryNon-respiratoryRespiratoryNon-respiratory
    MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
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    Table 21 Tuberculosis 1956: Deaths and cases by wards
    WardPulmonary casesNon-pulmonary casesPulmonary rateCombined rateAll forms
    DeathsRate
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    Table 22 Tuberculosis 1954—1956: Deaths and cases by wards
    WardPulmonary casesNon-pulmonary casesPulmonary rateCombined rateAll forms
    DeathsRate
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    Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1956
    Children under 5 yearsSchool children (5 years)School leavers
    TestedPositive% PositiveTestedPositive% PositiveTestedPositive% Positive
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    Table 24 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1956
    No. tested and found negativeNo. vaccinated
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    Table 25 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths
    1951195219531954195519561951-56
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    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA Table 26 Census 1951. Private household arrangements (Percentages in brackets)
    AreaNo. of householdsWater closetFixed bathCooking stoveKitchen sink
    SharingWithoutSharingWithoutSharingWithoutSharingWithout
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    Table 27 Census 1951. Housing of private households
    MiddlesexWillesdenGreater LondonEngland and Wales
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    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 28 General Housing Survey, 1956 (1954 and 1955 in brackets)
    Houses inspectedRe-inspectionsTotal inspections
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    Table 29 General Housing Survey, 1956 (1954 and 1955 in brackets)
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    Table 30 General Housing Survey, 1956 (1954 and 1955 in brackets)
    Notices Served
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    Table 31 Demolition and Closing Orders Housing Act, 1936 (sections 11 and 12) Loc al Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 (section 10) (1955 in brackets)
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    Table 32 Overcrowding
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    Table 33 New Dwellings, 1956
    HousesFlatsRebuilds
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    Table 34 Housing Defects
    19561955
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    Table 35 Notices served under Public Health and Housing Acts, 1936
    Inclusive of Housing Survey
    19561955
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    Table 36 Certificates of Disrepair
    (a) Under Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
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    Table 37 Summary of nuisances and of improvements effected
    Water supply and water service
    Inclusive of Housing Survey
    19561955
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    Table 38 Inspection of factories, outworkers premises and food premises
    19561955
    No. inspectedInspections madeNo. inspectedInspections made
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    Table 39 Other inspections
    19561955
    No. inspectedInspections madeNo. inspectedInspections made
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    SMOKE NUISANCE Table 40 Examination of sulphur by lead peroxide method, (milligrams of S0 3 per day per 100 square centimetres)
    SiteJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
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    *Damaged by rainwater. Table 41 Monthly deposits in tons per square mile
    Power StationActon LaneTaylors LaneNeasden
    SiteBarretts Green RoadMinet GardensAscot ParkNeasden LanePress RoadWembley Trading EstateTown Hall
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    DISINFESTATION Table 42
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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES Table 43 Food premises: Defects remedied
    DefectsOutstanding at 31.12.55Found during the yearTotalRemedied during yearOutstanding at 31.12.56
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    Table 44 Food premises: Registration
    Premises on register 31.12.55Applications receivedApplications grantedApplications refusedPremises removed from register during 1956Total on register at 31.12.56Inspections made
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    Table 45 Food unfit for human consumption
    MeatMiscellaneous
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    Table 46 Types of food premises
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    Table 47 Improvements in food premises
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    Table 48 Food: Samples taken
    ArticleNo. of samplesUnsatisfactory
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    Table 49 Dairies—Registration and Licences
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    FACTORIES Table 50 On register
    Type of factoryOn register 1.1.56Added to registerDeleted from registerTotals at 31.12.56
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    Table 51 Factories inspected, defects found, and action taken
    Type of factoryInspectedTotal inspectionsTotal unsatisfactory and informal notice servedOutstanding from 1955Made satisfactory 1956Outstanding 31.12.56
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    Non-power factories: Details of defects
    During 1956Outstanding from 1955Remedied during 1956Outstanding at 31.12.56
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    Power factories: Details of defects of sanitary Accommodation
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    Table 52 Outworkers and homeworkers
    Premises inspectedSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory and notice servedRemedied
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    CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Table 53 Ante-natal Clinics
    ClinicSessionsNew casesAttendancesAverage attendance per session
    AntenatalPostnatalAntenatalPostnatal
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    Table 54 Births Hospital and Domiciliary
    19551956
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    Table 55 Mothercraft
    ClinicSessionsNew casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
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    Table 56 Relaxation Classes
    ClinicSessionsNew casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
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    Table 57 Infant Welfare Clinics
    ClinicSessionsFirst attendances (Under 1 year)AttendancesTotal attendancesSeen by doctorAverage attendance per session
    Under 1 year1—2 years2—5 years
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    MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 58 Midwives Clinics
    SessionsNew CasesTotal attendancesAverage attendance
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    Table 59 Midwives—Administration of gas and air analgesia
    Domiciliary midwives employed by local health authority
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    Table 60 Domiciliary Births
    Attended by midwivesVisitsVisits made to mothers discharged from hospitals before 14th dayDomiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 14th day
    Dr. not bookedDr. booked
    Dr. present at deliveryDr. not present at deliveryDr. present at deliveryDr. not present at delivery
    MothersVisits
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    Table 61 Medical Aid
    19561955
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    Medical Aid
    For MotherFor Child
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    HEALTH VISITING Table 62 Visits madf. by Health Visitors
    YearExpectant MothersChildren under 1 yearChildren 1—2 yearsChildren 2—5 yearsTuberculous HouseholdsGeneralIneffectual visits
    FirstTotalFirstTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal as health visitorTotal as school nurse
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    Table 63 Cases referred by General Practitioners for:—
    Care of childrenElderly personsGeneral adviceHospital admissionHome helpWelfare foodsOthersTotal
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    Table 64 Establishment: Health Visitors
    Whole time equivalent as at:
    31.12.5531.12.56
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    HOME NURSING Table 65 Work: Home Nurses
    New CasesVisitsCases on register at end of year
    MaleFemaleMaleFemale
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    Table 66 Establishment: Home Nurses
    Nurses1.1.5631.12.56
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    SMALLPOX Table 67 Vaccination
    Under 1 year1 year2—4 years5—14 years15 years and overTotal
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    DIPHTHERIA Table 68 Immunisation
    Age at 31.12.56Under 112345—910—14Totals
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    POLIOMYELITIS Table 69 Inoculations
    Year of BirthNo. registered at 31.3.56No. received two injections at 31.12.56No. received one injection at 31.12.56
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    HOME HELPS Table 70 Cases: Home Helps
    Cases receiving help atNo. of new cases helped duringNo. of cases receiving help at
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    Table 71 Staff: Home Helps
    Position atAppointments duringResignations duringPosition at
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    DAY NURSERIES Table 72 Day Nurseries: Attendances
    Day NurseryApproved placesChildren on register at 31.12.56Attendances for the yearAverage daily attendances
    0-2 years2-5 years0-2 years2-5 years0-2 years2-5 years0-2 years2-5 years
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    Table 73 Day Nurseries: Applications
    NurseryApplications receivedChildren admittedChildren left
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    Table 74 Day Nurseries: Priorities
    NurseryUnsupported MothersMedical reasonsBad HousingTotal on RegisterPriorities as percentage of total
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    Table 75 Day Nurseries:
    Arrangements made by parents of children unable to afford fee after increase in maximum charge.
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    Table 76 Day Nurseries: Assessments
    AssessmentOctober, 1956
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    Table 77 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of cases
    NurseryMeaslesScarlet FeverChicken PoxDysenteryMumpsGerman MeaslesWhooping Cough
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    Table 78 Day Nursery Staff Establishment
    EstablishmentPosition as at:
    31.12.5531.12.56
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    SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE Table 79 Numbers of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools who were Medically Inspected
    Periodic age groupsAdditional periodic inspectionsOther inspections
    EntrantsAge 10 & 11 yearsLeaversTotalsSpecial inspectionsRe- inspections
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    Table 80 Pupils Found to Require Treatment
    Periodic age groups inspectedFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions in Table 82Total individual pupils
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    Table 81 Classification of the Physical Condition of Pupils
    Periodic age groups inspectedNumber of pupils inspectedSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
    Number% of column (2)Number% of column (2)
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    Table 82 Defects Found by Medical Inspection
    Defect or diseasePeriodic inspections
    EntrantsLeaversTotal —including all other age groups inspectedSpecial inspections
    (a)(b)(a)(b)(a)(b)(a)(b)
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    Table 83 Treatments: school health service
    Number of cases known to have been dealt with
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    Table 84 Pupils found at periodic medical inspection who have undergone tonsillectomy
    Periodic age group inspectedNumber of pupils inspectedNumber who have undergone tonsillectomy at any timePercentage of those inspected found to have had tonsillectomy
    BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls
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    Table 85 Orthoptics—Cases seen at Willesden Health Clinic (a) Cases seen
    No. treatedPlaced on operation waiting listNo treatment requiredFailed to attendTotal
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    (b) Cases treated
    Discharged curedOperation waiting listObservationCeased to attend
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    Table 86 Audiometry : Children Tested
    Total testedAbsenteesFailureTotal
    Both earsOne ear
    L.R.
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    Table 87 Summary of Failures to pass Audiometer Test
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    Table 88 Speech Therapy
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    Table 89 Infestation with Vermin
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    Table 90 Employment of Children and Young Persons
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    Table 91 Medical Examination of Teachers
    19561955
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    Table 92 Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ended 31st December, 1956) Ascertainment Distribution (as at last day of Year)
    CategoryNo. of ascertained cases known 1st day of YearNo. of New Cases ascertained during yearNo. of ascertained Cases known last day of YearIn Special Day SchoolsIn Special Residential SchoolsIn Maintained Primary and Secy. SchoolsIn Independent SchoolsNot at SchoolTotal
    B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.
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    Table 93 County Council Day Special Schools—Admissions
    County District in which Children resideNo. of new recommendations received during the yearNo. of children admitted during the yearNo. of children on waiting list at 31.12.56
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    Table 94 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944 — Sections 57 (3), 57 (4) and 57 (5)
    19561955
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    CHILD GUIDANCE Table 95
    Waiting list at 1.1.56Total No. of cases seenNew cases seenNew cases referredWaiting list at 31.12.56
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    Table 96
    Main symptomsCases
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    RHEUMATISM Table 97 Clinic—Attendances (Figures in brackets were those found to be suffering from disease)
    Total attendancesHistory of rheumatismDampness reported in homeChildren from Social Groups IV and V
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    Table 98 Rheumatism Treatment
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    SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Table 99 Inspection and Treatment (a) Inspection
    Age GroupsInspectedRequired TreatmentReferred for Treatment
    195619551956195519561955
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    (b) Treatment
    19561955
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    PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE Table 100
    Expectant MothersNursing MothersChildren under 5
    195619551956195519561955
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    CHIROPODY Table 101 Patients Seen
    Expectant and Nursing MothersBoysGirls
    0—5 yrs.SchoolTotal0—5 yrs.SchoolTotal
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    Table 102 Chiropody—Defects
    Expectant and Nursing MothersBoysGirls