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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: B.—S pecial Inspections.

B.—S pecial Inspections.

Special Cases,†Re-examinations (i.e., No. of Children Re-examined).
Boys6,302817
Girls7,128949
Totals13,4301,766

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†"Special Cases" are those children specifically referred to the Medical Officer and not due
for routine medical inspection under the Code at the time when specially referred. Such
children may or may not be of Code-group age and may be referred to the Medical Officer
at the School or the Clinic by the Committee, Medical Officers, School Nurses, Teachers,
Attendance Officers, Parents or otherwise.
In this area, where routine inspections have been suspended and the "ailing children" basis
adopted, the number of children dealt with has been entered here.
C.—Total Number of Individual Children Inspected by the Medical
Officer, whether as Routine or Special Cases (No Child
being Counted more than Once in One Year).
Number of Individual Children Inspected 11,183
Table No. 44.—Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix G of Annual Report of Chief Medical
Officer of Board of Education for 1919.

Table: Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1920.

Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1920.

Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Specials.
Number referred for treatment.Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment.Number referred for treatment.Number requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Malnutrition——47—
Uncleanliness:—
Head——2,061—
Body——39—
Skin'Ringworm:—
Head——255—
Body
Scabies——356—
Impetigo——1,337—
Other Diseases (non- tubercular)——594—
Eye'Blepharitis——174—
Conjunctivitis——246—
Keratitis——1—
Corneal Ulcer——11—
Corneal Opacities——17—
Defective Vision——503—
Squint——52—
Other Conditions——27—
Spectacles broken——288—
Spectacles lost——22—