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Willesden 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 96.
Children under 5 Years admitted during 1920 (excluding Epidemic Diarrhoea, Measles, Whooping Cough and Ophthalmia Neonatorum, which are included with Infectious Diseases).
| Condition. | Municipal Clinic. | Private Medical practitioner. | Total | Treatment. | Result. | Remaining in Hospital, Dec. 31, 1920. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation . | General | Other. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged | Died. | ||||||
| (i.) (ii.) | ||||||||||||
| Rickets | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Marasmus | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | — | 15 | — | 8 | — | — | 7 | — |
| Prematurity | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Debility | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | 7 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Rheumatism | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | _ | _— |
| Tonsillitis | 2 | — | 12 | 14 | — | 14 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| Pyaemia | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Septicaemia | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| T.B. Meningitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Post. Basal Meningitis | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Rhinitis | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | 19 | 2 | 12 | 33 | — | 33 | — | 28 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Broncho Pneumonia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 11 | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| Stomatitis | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Pyloric Stenosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Constipation ,.. | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Appendicular Colic | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Colitis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | —. | — | — | |
| Morbus Cordis | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | _ | — | 1 | — | — |
| Nephritis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Phimosis | 20 | 21 | — | 41 | 39 | 2 | — | 39 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Paraphimosis | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Tonsillotomy | 9 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 24 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — |
| Hernia (Ing.) | 8 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hydrocele | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Vulvo-Vaginitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Appendicitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | — | — | 1 | — |
| Hare Lip | — | 1 | _ | 1 | ' 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Cleit Palate | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Tubercular Glands | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Wart on Face | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Nsevus | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Sebaceous Cyst | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Dernoid Cyst | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Thyroglossal Cyst | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Talipes Equino-Varus | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Syndactly | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Fracture (Limbs) | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Conjunctivitis | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Burns | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | _ | 1 | — | —_ | 1 | — |
| Ostes-Myelitis | — | 1 | — | I | 1 | — | _ | 1 | — | —_ | — | — |
| Cellulitis | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | _ | 2 | — | —_ | _ | 1 |
| Impetigo | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | —_ | — | — |
| Seborrhoric Dermatitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Abscess | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | _ | _ | 11 | — | —_ | — | _— |
| Septic Wound | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | —_ | — | —_ | |
| Septic Eruption | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Furunculosis | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| Nil | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Total | 107 | 81 | 57 | 245 | 108 | 137 | — | 204 | — | 3 | 22 | 16 |