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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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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 283
Table No. 64. —Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix G of the Annual Report of Chief Medical
Officer of Board of Education for 1919.
Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1920.
| Defect or Disease. | Routine Inspections. | Specials. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. referred for treatment. | No. requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. | No. referred for treatment. | No. requiring to be kept under observation but not referred for treatment. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Malnutrition | 5 | ||||
| Uncleanliness:— | |||||
| Head | — | — | — | — | |
| Body | — | — | — | — | |
| Skin | Ringworm | ||||
| Head | — | — | — | — | |
| Body | |||||
| Scabies | — | — | — | — | |
| Impetigo | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Diseases (non-tubercular) | 9 | 3 | — | — | |
| Eye | Blepharitis | 3 | — | — | — |
| Conjunctivitis | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Keratitis | — | — | — | — | |
| Corneal Ulcer | — | — | — | — | |
| Corneal Opacities | — | — | — | — | |
| Defective Vision | 33 | 39 | 1 | — | |
| Squint | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Other Conditions | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Spectacles broken | — | — | — | — | |
| Spectacles lost | — | — | — | — | |
| Ear | Defective hearing | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Otitis Media | 2 | 6 | — | — | |
| Other Ear diseases | — | — | — | — | |
| Nose and Throat | Enlarged Tonsils | 4 | 10 | — | — |
| Adenoids | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Conditions | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | — | 12 | — | — | |
| Defective Speech | 1 | I | — | — | |
| Teeth—Dental Diseases | 101 | 15 | — | — | |
| Heart and Circulation | Heart disease:— | ||||
| Organic | — | 9 | — | — | |
| Functional | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Anaemia | 5 | 6 | — | — | |
| Lungs | Bronchitis | — | 1 | — | — |
| Other non-tubercular diseases | — | — | — | — | |