London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Degree. | Ref. No. of Note | Attendance. | Clothing. | Footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Skin and Head. | Do. Body. | Mental Condition. | Vision—R. | Do. —L. | Tonsils. | Nose and Throat. | Adenoids. | Submax. and Cervical Glands | External Eye Disease. | Temp. Teeth defect. No., & No. of Children affected. | Perm. Teeth defect No., & No. of Children affected. | Ear Disease. | Hearing. | Speech. | Heart and Circulatory. | Lungs. | Nervous Diseases. | Tuberculosis. | Rickets. | Deformities, Spinal Dis., etc. | Infectious and Contaeious Dis. | Other defects. | Tuberculosis in Family. | ||
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| A | R | M.B. | S. | A. 489 | A. 835 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 820 | 622 | 671 | 427 | 836 | 823 | 655 | 622 | 649 | 627 | 144 | 49 | 60 | 164 | 4 | B. 204 | B. 342 | 20 | 43 | 40 | 60 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 25 | 29 | ||
| Percen | 90.3 | 68.2 | 73.6 | 46.8 | 91.6 | 90.2 | 71.8 | 68.2 | 71.3 | 69.0 | 15.8 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 18.0 | 0.4 | C. 2.4 | C. 2.4 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.2 | |||
| 2b | O.D. | O.D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 54 | 260 | 203 | 389 | 68 | 82 | 231 | 253 | 187 | 191 | 89 | 117 | 17 | Combined B | |||||||||||||||||
| 90 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percent | 28.5 | 22.2 | 42.6 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 25.3 | 27.7 | 20.6 74 | 21.0 92 | 9-8 | 12-8 | 1-9 | 56.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 34 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I.R.C. | I.R. | Anaemic | V. | V. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 129 | 69 | 4 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 14.1 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.D. | O.D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 23 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 2.8 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M.B. | S. | A. 470 | A. 870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 698 | 623 | 646 | 446 | 827 | 827 | 529 | 489 | 474 | 441 | 135 | 51 | 72 | 108 | 8 | B. 1,4 | B. 355 | 6 | 38 | 17 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 23 | ||
| Per cent | 79.2 | 70.6 | 73.2 | 50.5 | 93.6 | 93.6 | 59.9 | 55.4 | 54.5 | 30.7 | 15.3 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 0.9 | C. 2.4 | C. 2.3 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 | |||
| 2b | O.D. | O.D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | HI | 244 | 212 | 379 | 51 | 51 | 316 | 333 | 290 | 321 | 71 | 40 | 6 | Combined B | |||||||||||||||||
| 521 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 126 | 27.6 | 24.0 | 42.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 35.8 | 37.7 | 33.3 | 36.9 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 59.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 72 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 61 | 106 | 108 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent | 8.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I.R.C. | I.R. | V. | V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases | 36 | 37 | 264 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 29.9 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Per cent. | 1.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For Symbols and Abbreviations used in this Table, see Table on page 41.