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Willesden 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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up were treated. No record is available of defects requiring treatment which were not followed up.
Of the total medical defects treated 83 per cent., and of the total dental defects treated 96 per cent.,
were dealt with by the Education Committee. The remainder, or 17 per cent, of the medical defects
and 4 per cent. of the dental defects treated were dealt with by private practitioners, voluntary
hospitals, or other charitable institutions, or the Poor Law. In connection with the defects treated,
the children concerned made 46,818 attendances at the School Clinics in 1925, as compared with
37,305 in the previous year, 1924.
In April, 1923, and again in September/October, 1924, revised schemes for Maternity and Child
Welfare and School Medical Treatment came into force. The following table shews the effect of
the revisions made from time to time on the attendances at the Council's Clinics:-

Table: Table No . 8.

Table No . 8.

Four weeks endingM. & C.W. Clinic Attendances.S.M.S. Clinic Attendances.Total Clinic Attendances.Remarks.
22.1.213,9535,2509,203Includes holidays.
19.2.214,1407,20511,345
19.3.213,8757,25011,125
16.4.213,6975,2928,989Includes holidays.
14.5.214,1256,55810,683
11.6.213,4975,3218,818Includes holidays.
9.7.213,5056,0049,509
6.8.213,1473,3816,528Includes holidays.
3.9.213,4203,2906,710Includes holidays.
1.10.213,5575,9909,547
29.10.211,9712,8244,795Registration fee imposed 1/10/21 for M. and C.W. and S.M.S.
26.11.212,0223,0835,105
31.12.21 (5 weeks)2,3203,3025,622Includes holidays.
Totals, 1921 (53 weeks)43,22964,750107,979
28.1.222,0762,7814,857Includes holidays.
25.2.222,5163,4435,959
25.3.222,3343,4235,757
22.4.222,1172,4594,576Includes holidays.
20.5.222,3403,1965,536
17.6.222,1172,7674,884Includes holidays.
15.7.222,1683,6405,808Registration fee withdrawn 10.7.22 in respect of S.M.S. only. M. and C.W. registration fee still operative.
12.8.221,9982,3604,358Includes holidays.
9.9.222,1152,6934,808Includes holidays.
7.10.222,3505,3787,728
4.11.222,2385,1917,429Includes holidays.
2.12.222,2655,5597,824
30.12.221,7654,1245,889Includes holidays.
Totals, 1922 (52 weeks)28,39947,01475,413
27.1.232,1234,6276,750Includes holidays.
24.2.232,0325,3397,371
24.3.232,3234,8417,164Registration fee in respect of M. and C.W. withdrawn 28.2.23.
21.4.232,2843,2545,538Includes holidays. First Revised M. and C.W. and S.M.S. Schemes came into operation, 1.4.23.
19.5.232,2843,2665,550Includes holidays.
16.6.232,0823,0085,090
14.7.232,2303,1395,369
11.8.231,8891,9593,848Includes holidays. New Declaration Form for M. and C.W. Cases in force, 30.7.23.
8.9.231,3041,6172,921Includes holidays.
6.10.231,5583,5475,105Includes holidays.
3.11.231,4733,4264,899
1.12.231,2353,5434,778
29.12.239872,4143,401
Totals, 1923 (52 weeks)23,80443,98067,784