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Willesden 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No . 52.—Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix F of Annual Report of Chief MedicalOfficer of Board of Education for 1917.Return of Defects found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1919.

Table No . 52.—Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix F of Annual Report of Chief Medical

Officer of Board of Education for 1917.

Return of Defects found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1919.

Defect or Disease. (1)Code Groups.Specials.
Number referred for treatment. (2)Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. (3)Number referred for treatment. (4)Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. (5)
Malnutrition--36-
Uncleanliness:—
Head--677-
Body--22-
Skin"Ringworm
Head--300-
Body
Scabies--515-
Impetigo--1,212-
Other Disease--449-
Eye"Defective Vision and Squint--1,030-
External Eye Disease--382-
EarDefective Hearing Ear Disease f--501-
TeethDental Disease (SeeN.B.(2) below)--—-
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils--287-
Adenoids--190-
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids--297-
Defective Speech-1-
Heart and Circulation"Heart Disease: Organic--17-
Functional--14-
Anaemia-V-
"Pulmonary--
LungsTuberculosis-
Definite--6-
Suspected--68-
Chronic Bronchitis--240-
Other Disease--54-
Nervous System'Epilepsy--17-
Chorea--62-
Other Disease--29-
N on-Pulmonary-
Tuberculosis:-
Glands--6-
Bones and Joints--1-
Other Forms--2-
Rickets--7-
Deformities--36-
Other Defects or-
Diseases--4,840-
Total--11,375-

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Notes.—(1) In this area the routine medical inspection of the groups of children prescribed by
the Code is temporarily suspended, and the examination of ailing children of all ages is undertaken
instead.