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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: T ableRETURN OF WORK DONE AT THE MEDICAL

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RETURN OF WORK DONE AT THE MEDICAL

Ringworm and Special Skin Clinic.Eve Clinic.
Expt. Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under 5.School Children.Total.Expt. Mothers.nursing mothers.Children under 5.School Children.Total.
No. under treatment at 27th December, 191900186785008169177
No. coming under treatment00311962270016848864
Total No. under treatment004926331200241,0171,041
No. cured or relieved:—
(a) By X Rays00127789—————
(b) By provision of Spectacles—————009439448
(c) By baths——————————
(d) By other means001910912800828329J
No. referred to Municipal Hospital—————00077
No. previously attending Clinic cured by other than Municipal agencies or removed00010100001111
No. not requiring treatment00113140047983
Total No. remaining under treatment at 25th December, 192000175471003198201
Re-examinations including further treatment, where necessary, of cases previously treated at Clinics ...—————0041,7321,736

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Note.—Minor ailments referred to Municipal Hospital include such conditions as bronchitis where the
children were brought to the Clinic to see the Doctor and referred on to Hospital.

Table: Table No. 58.

Table No. 58.

Return respecting the Provision of Spectacles during 1920.
No. of pairs of Spectacles provided1,105
Cost of Spectacles provided£380130
Average cost per pair£0611
No. of pairs wholly paid for by parents68
No. of pairs partly paid for by parents329
Total amount received as above£58174
Cost of repairs£1620
Total amount received for repairs£6190