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Willesden 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1921.

Return of Defects Found in the Course of Medical Inspection in 1921.

Defect or Disease.Routine InspectionsSpecials.
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——88—
Uncleanliness:-
Head——2,723—
Body——29—
SkinRingworm:—
Head——263—
Body
Scabies——202—
Impetigo——1,072—
Other Diseases (non-tubercular)——682—
EyeBlepharitis——174—
Conjunctivitis——239—
Keratitis——7—
Corneal Ulcer——3—
Corneal Opacities——9—
Defective Vision——356—
Squint——79—
Other Conditions——67—
Spectacles broken——383—
Spectacles lost——62—
Ear'Defective Hearing——4—
Otitis Media——217—
Other Ear Diseases——155—
Nose and ThroatEnlarged Tonsils——86—
Adenoids——65—
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids——353—
Other Conditions——634—
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular)——297—
Defective Speech——19—
TeethDental Diseases (see Dental Statements)————
Heart and CirculationHeart Disease:—
Organic——26—
Functional——25—
Anaemia——92—
LungsBronchitis——438—
Other Non-Tubercular
Diseases——7—
TuberculosisPulmonary :—
Definite ...——1—
Suspected——70—
Non-Pulmonary
Definite:—
Glands——12—
Spine——1—
Hip——1—
Other Bones and Joints——0—
Skin——0—
Other forms——0—
Suspected:—
Glands——12—
Bones and Joints——9—
Other forms——2—
Nervous SystemEpilepsy——25—
Chorea——77—
Other Conditions——44—
DeformitiesRickets——6—
Spinal Curvature——23—
Other forms
Other Defectsand Diseases——6,739—
Total——15,878—

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Notes.—(1) In this area the routine medical inspection of the groups of children prescribed
by the Code is temporarily suspended, and the examination of ailing children of all ages
is undertaken instead.
(2) Under the heading "Specials" (see columns 4 and 5 above), are included all
special cases which were medically inspected during the year, whether the inspection took
place in the Schools or at the Clinics, and from whatever source the cases were derived.
Number of Individual Children having Defects which required Treatment or to be
kept under observation 10,257