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Willesden 1920

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Table: T able N o . 47.—In this Table is embodied the information required in Table IV. F. of Appendix G. of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1919.Return showing the nature and number of medical defects referred for treatment, the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1920.

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T able N o . 47.—In this Table is embodied the information required in Table IV. F. of Appendix G. of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1919.

Return showing the nature and number of medical defects referred for treatment, the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1920.

CONDITION.		No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.			No. of visits made on account of these defects.	No. of Medical Examinations made on account of these defects.	No. of times attended by Clinic Nurse only on account of these defccts.	No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects not needing treatment.	No. of defects treated.						Total.	Results of Treatment.				Percentage of defects treated.	No. of defects not treated.			No. of defects under ob-servation at end of year and carried forward to succeeding year.
										No. of defects treated.							Remedied.	Improved.	Unchanged.	Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known at end of vear.		No. of defects not treated.
										School Clinic.	Municipal Hospital.	Home (under super- of Council Staff).	Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.	Infirmary or Poor Law.	Private Practitioner.							Removed from observa tion.	Still under observation at end of year.	Total.
		Brought forward from previous year.	†New.	Total.						School Clinic.	Municipal Hospital.	Home (under super- of Council Staff).	Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.	Infirmary or Poor Law.	Private Practitioner.							Removed from observa tion.	Still under observation at end of year.	Total.
l		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	I5	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Clothing—
Unsatisfactory		1	19	20	72	7		0	0	2	0	18	0	0	0	20	11	3	0	6	100.0	0	0	0	6
Footgear—
Unsatisfactory		0	7	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7	5	0	⁰	2	100.0	0	0	0	2
Cleanliness of Head—
Nits		47	1464	1511	2141	197	750	0	0	151	0	1,349	0	0	0	1,500	1,383	5	0	112	99.3	4	7	11	119
Pediculi		18	606	o24	1071	250	827	2	0	171	0	443	0	0	0	614	592	0	0	22	98.7	5	3	8	25
Other dirty conditions		1	3	4	12	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	100.0	0	0	0	U
Cleanliness of Body-
Dirty		1	14	15	62	4	12	0	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	15	14	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	1
Pediculi		0	15	15	29	11	6	0	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	15	12	0	0	3	100.0	0	0	0	3
Fleabitten		0	10	10	21	9	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	10	7	0	0	3	100.0	0	0	0	3
Nutrition—																,J
Below Normal		10	51	61	81	237	0	0	0	51	0	1	3	0	I	56	15	3	0	38	91.8	1	4	5	42
Bad		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Nose and Throat-
Enlarged Tonsils		125	188	313	811	881	56	1	10	121	63	5	37	0	23	249	160	20	2	67	82.5	29	14	53	91
Adenoids		81	69	150	339	338	40	0	6	77	20	4	24	0	10	135	91	8	1	35	93.7	8	1	9	36
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids		158	371	529	1261	1757	80	0	9	212	174	8	68	0	27	489	239	14	4	232	94.0	15	16	31	248
Other conditions		57	382	439	960	1210	106	1	6	340	17	27	10	0	28	422	288	20	1	113	97.7	3	7	10	120
Cervical or Neck Glands—
Enlarged		57	157	214	403	425	15	0	0	104	7	43	17	0	34	205	167	9	1	28	95.8	3	⁶	9	34
External Eye Disease—
Blepharitis		43	174	217	424	720	605	0	0	195	0	12	6	0	2	215	158	6	0	51	99.1	2	0	²	51
Conjunctivitis		34	248	282	414	938	884	0	0	239	3	19	11	0	7	279	221	6	0	52	98.9	1	2	3	54
Corneal Opacities		4	17	21	83	193	117	0	0	13	2	0	6	0	0	21	7	2	2	10	100.0	0	0	0	10
Other Disease		5	41	46	83	147	38	0	1	32	3	5	2	0	1	43	35	0	0	8	95.6	1	1	2	9
Ear Disease
Chronic Suppuration of Middle Ear		150	265	415	1,120	2,300	1,638	1	0	329	10	10	32	0	12	393	235	11	0	147	94.9	17	4	21	151
Chronic Catarrh of Middle Ear		1	48	49	137	168	48	3	0	32	1	3	3	0	4	43	29	3	0	11	93.5	3	0	3	11
Wax		8	52	60	62	182	42	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	59	47	1	0	11	98.3	0	1	9	12
Other Disease		20	56	76	137	196	48	0	0	46	3	11	2	0	5	67	50	1	0	16	88.2	6	3	9	19
Teeth—See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation-
Organic Disease		8	20	28	140	56	0	0	0	5	1	0	5	1	10	22	0	3	2	17	78. 0	6	0	6	17
Functional Disease		4	12	16	58	25	01	0	0	7	0	4	0	1	4	16	12	2	0	2	100.0	0	0	0	2
Anaemia		37	73	110	267	298	0	0	1	81	0	3	3	0	14	101	57	2	0	42	92.7	5	6	8	45
Other defects		0	8	8	9	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	6	87.5	1	0	2	6
Lungs—
Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh		94	310	404	799	1070	0	1	0	284	0	41	11	2	54	392	233	8	1	150	97.3	3	8	11	158
Tuberculosis		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.B. Suspected		31	50	81	323	228	9	0	0	40	0	0	27	1	6	74	15	14	12	33	91. 4	7	0	7	33
Other disease		6	58	64	161	129	0	0	0	37	4	7	1	2	10	61	38	3	0	20	95.3	1	2	3	22
Nervous System—
Epilepsy		9	13	22	99	54	0	0	0	7	0	0	7	0	4	18	2	8	2	6	81.8	4	0	4	6
Chorea		26	36	62	285	180	0	0	0	25	³	0	20	0	14	62	35	5	0	22	100.0	0	0	0	22
Other disease		12	24	36	147	83	0	0	0	17	0	4	6	0	8	35	16	5	0	14	97.2		0	1	14
Skin-
Ringworm	Body	52	256	308	665	1,075	82	0	0	252	0	19	12	3	17	303	226	0	0	77	98.4	4	1	5	78
Ringworm	Head	52	256	308	665	1,075	82	0	0	252	0	19	12	3	17	303	226	0	0	77	98.4	4	1	5	78
Impetigo		145	1,341	1,486	2.687	2,692	7,987	0	0	1,134	6	253	24	0	61	1,478	1,396	2	3	77	99.5	4	4	8	81
Scabies		57	356	413	855	1,175	2,650	0	0	323	5	41	20	1	23	413	383	0	0	30	100.0	0	0	0	30
Other disease		61	607	668	1,191	1,664	2,322	0	0	524	5	68	12	1	39	649	568	9	3	69	97.2	6	13	19	82
Rickets-
Slight		2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	100.0	0	0	0	0
Marked		³	8	11	40	21	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	0	1	11	1	4	0	6	100.0	0	0	0	6
Deformities-
Deformity present		17	32	49	160	74	0	0	0	23	0	1	16	2	3	45	3	7	10	25	91.8	3	l	4	26
Tuberculosis(Non-Pulmonary) -
†Glandular		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bones or Joints		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
‡Other forms		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Suspected—Glandular		7	7	14	51	32	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	0	1	11	3	3	0	5	84.6	2	0	2	5
,, Boneg and joints		8	5	13	27	28	0	0	0	8	0	1	3	0	0	12	7	1	2		92.3	1	0	1	2
,, Other forms		4	16	20	6S	38	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	3	15	0	3	3	9	75.0	5	0	5	9
Speech—
Defective Articulation		0	13	13	13	12	0	0	0	10	0	3	0	0	0	13	1	1	6		100.0	0	0	0	5
Squint—
Squint present		12	59	71	172	178	0	1	2	55	3	0	2	0	1	61	15	28	3	15	89.7	3	4	7	19
Vision-
Defect not ascertained		23	23	46	123	48	0	3	2	12	0	6	11	0	1	30	12	3	4	11	73.2	7	4	11	15
One eye normal		11	58	69	85	219	8	0	9	57	0	0	2	0	0	59	21	19	4	15	98.3	1	0	1	15
Both eyes 6/6		18	119	137	130	290	3	0	41	84	0	4	0	0	0	88	28	33	13	14	191.7	6	2	8	16
6/9		16	64	80	82	243	5	0	7	66	0	0	3	0	1	70	35	20	6	9	195.9	1	2	3	11
One eye 6/9 other
6/12		13	63	76	61	242	7	0	0	72	0	0	2	0	1	75	55	7	6	7	98.7	1	0	1	7
Both eyes 6/12 or less		43	252	295	377	976	23	2	3	277	0	0	1	0	0	279	107	108	9	55	96.2	10	1	11	56
Spectacles broken		21	295	316	162	619	0	0	5	30C	0	0	0	0	0	300	274	0	0	26	96.5	9	2	11	28
lost		1	25	26	19	46	0	⁰	3	22	0	1	0	0	1	23	17	0	0	6	100.0	0	0	0	6
Debility		147	883	1030	2,763	1 2,898	3	⁰	10	663	13	141	53	2	119	991	552	72	2	365	97.2	19	10	29	375
Miscellaneous		433	4,932	5,365	9,551	8,663	8,107	15	193	2,96C	77	1,287	174	10	534	5,045	4,42	126	12	477	97.7	87	28	115	505
Grand Totals		2,142	14,275	16,417	31,313	33,535	I 26,518	31	308	9,558	423	3,87S	649	26	1,084	15,619	12,311	609	114	2,585	97.1	295	164	459	2,749

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Mental Condition—Dull or Backward and Mentally Defective (all grades)—
No. of new Cases examined during 1920 40 Found on examination to be dull or backward 10
Found on examination to be mentally defective 30
Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision other than Lost and Broken Spectacles—
No. of Visits 2,215 No. of Medical Examinations 2,879
† 4 Cases were notified by the Assistant School Medical Officers during the year and were dealt with as notifiable infectious diseases,
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