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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 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Deformity Present61218716000120113181372.224154
Tuberculosis (Non-pulmonary)—
Glandular...............................................................
Bones and Joints...............................................................
Other Forms...............................................................
Suspected—Glandular ...01010505000415100604100.000004
,, Bones & Joints13438300040040202100.000002
,, Other Forms01119000010010010100.000000
Speech
Defective Articulation0223000010120110100.000000
Squint-
Squint Present1317819144247841270200‡41513101173079.0621153645
Vision-
Defect not ascertained58287196673190110‡7373234742.536414748
One Eye Normal83543691231400100416242993.351019
Both Eyes 6/609983109000090801100.000001
Both Eyes 6/9115162047015000015861093.751010
One Eye 6/9, Other 6/12 or less841497512404701004810302697.961016
Both Eyes 6/12 or less1724826554485232380130‡22536615243195.4772933
Spectacles Broken52582633116000247020‡82572470010977233613
Spectacles Lost08181152291073020‡27719550395.063144
Debility67480187220023320187312512891.2507715
Miscellaneous2061063015765520360102514361044013543196.833151846
Grand Totals4315579601021065788279140824738443170454603567129812047590.08143328471803

Table: Mental Condition —Dull or Backward and Mentally Defective (all grades)—

Mental Condition —Dull or Backward and Mentally Defective (all grades)—

No. of New Cases referred during 191664Found on Examination to be Dull and Backward50
Found on Examination to be Mentally Defective10Found on Examination to be Normal2
Not Examined at end of year2
Re examinations for Defective Vision other than Lost and Broken Spectacles—
No. of Visits1190No. of Medical Examinations894

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‡Includes those treated by Optician.