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Willesden 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: T able N o . 27.—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N .B. to Notes on Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1923. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of "Specials," or from other Sources, these latter having never been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers; the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1926.

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T able N o . 27.—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N .B. to Notes on Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1923. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of "Specials," or from other Sources, these latter having never been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers; the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1926.

Clothing—																					%	%
Unsatisfactory	3	19	22	52	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	14	4	—	2	-	95.2	1	-	1	2
Footgear-
Unsatisfactory	1	1	2	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	-	—	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	50.0	-	-	-	-
Cleanliness of Head—
Nits	206	2,885	3,091	3,151	282	77	41	-	159	-	-	-	-	159	2,841	3,000	2,760	4	-	236	5.2	98.3	8	42	50	278
Pediculi	37	422	459	599	251	126	3	-	202	-	-	-	-	202	: 248	450	424	-	-	26	44.2	98.6	-	6	6	32
Other dirty conditions	—	18	18	27	3	-	1	—	2	—	—	-	—	-	15	17	15	-	—	2	11.7	100.0	-	-	-	2
Cleanliness of Body—
Dirty	1	9	10	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	90.0	1	-	1	-
Pediculi	-	4	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	2	-	100.0	-	-	-	2
Fleabitten	4	23	27	52	—	—	—	—	—	-	—	—	—	—	27	27	27	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	-	-	-
Malnutrition	29	71	100	177	213	426	8	4	39	—	6	—	5	50	30	80	18	26	1	35	56.8	90.9	3	5	8	40
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils	492	1,043	1,535	3,505	1,398	13	75	110	97	140	164	4	12	417	6	423	322	4	-	97	30.8	31.3	396	531	927	628
Adenoids	23	85	108	216	113	-	1	7	13	9	11	-	-	33	-	33	18	-	-	15	33.0	33.0	23	44	67	59
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids	260	419	679	1,816	1,198	22	19	31	70	216	142	3	3	434	2	436	380	-	-	56	68.9	69.3	81	112	193	168
Other conditions	42	263	305	568	386	69	6	14	109	2	5	-	64	180	69	249	190	5		54	63.1	87.3	15	21	36	75
Cervical or Neck Glands—
Enlarged (non-T.B.)	103	600	703	691	576	177	17	11	277	—	27	1	48	353	83	436	295	14	—	127	52.2	64.5	19	220	239	347
External Eye Disease—
Blepharitis	48	178	226	390	494	142	3	-	166	-	3	-	5	174	42	216	158	3	-	55	78.0	96.8	2	5	7	60
Conjunctivitis	11	209	220	321	611	243	1	-	159	-	6	-	12	177	39	216	184	1	-	31	80.8	98.6	2	1	3	32
Corneal Opacities	2	7	9	16	27	38	-	-	5	-	3	1	-	9	-	9	3	-	1	5	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	5

Other conditions	11	99	110	147	208	15	1	2	67	-	7	—	2	76	29	105	89	—	1	15	71.0	98.1	2	—	2	15
Ear Disease—
Chronic Suppuration of Middle Ear	66	218	284	572	1,112	968	10	-	199	-	20	-	14	233	25	258	176	6	2	74	85.0	94.1	3	13	16	87
Defective Hearing	10	40	50	60	74	1	1	4	26	-	2	-	1	29	3	32	10	8	-	14	64.4	71.1	2	11	13	25
Wax	12	125	137	101	252	48	2	1	113	-	-	-	2	115	6	121	101	-	-	20	85.8	90.2	-	13	13	33
Other Disease	25	75	100	174	126	23	1	5	50	—	5	1	17	73	19	92	76	—	—	16	77.6	97.8	—	2	2	18
Teeth—See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation—
Organic Disease	5	13	18	68	18	—	—	-	-	-	7	1	5	13	-	13	-	4	4	5	72.2	72.2	3	2	5	7
Functional Disease	16	27	43	70	69	45	3	4	10	-	8	1	4	23	2	25	5	10	1	9	63.8	69.4	9	2	11	11
Anæmia	13	49	62	103	93	125	3	-	24	-	3	-	8	35	14	49	24	5	-	20	59.3	83.0	2	8	10	28
Other defects	3	5	8	12	3	—	1	—	-	—	2	—	4	6	-	6	1	2	—	3	85.7	85.7	1	-	1	3
Lungs—
Bronchitis	51	1601	211	464	91	—	5	-	23	-	16	-	81	120	78	198	153	2	1	42	58.2	96.1	5	3	8	45
Tuberculosis	—	2	2	9	5	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
T.B. Suspected	11	13	24	61	50	34	5	1	3	-	9	-	-	12	1	13	4	3	1	5	66.6	72.2	4	1	5	6
Other disease (non-T.B.)	12	67	79	186	97	138	—	1	26	—	8	1	23	58	17	75	58	5	—	12	74.3	96.1	3	—	3	12
Nervous System —
Epilepsy	7	10	17	56	12	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	5	9	-	9	1	2	3	3	60.0	60.0	6	-	6	3
Chorea	21	40	61	208	32	-	4	-	3	-	31	-	17	51	-	51	21	11	1	18	89.4	89.4	2	4	6	22
Other Conditions	13	22	35	101	27	23	1	1	5	—	13	—	6	24	6	30	15	5	1	9	72.7	90.9	—	3	3	12
Skin-
Ringworm Body
Head	13	94	107	208	267	59	2	3	79	-	4	-	10	93	9	102	93	-	-	9	91.1	100.0	-	-	—	9
Impetigo	63	609!	672	1,159	1,372	1,993	5	-	469	-	12	-	41	522	140	662	592	-	-	70	78.2	99.2	-	5	5	75
Scabies	-	31	31	61	139	138	-	-	23	-	2	-	5	30	-	30	21.	-	-	9	96.7 \|	96.7	-	1	1	10
Minor Injuries	84	933	1,017	1,018	2,314	2,432	10	7	808	-	24	2	40	874	125	999	956	2	-	41	87.4	99.9	-	1	1	42
Other disease (non T.B.)	108	1,595	1,703	2,488	2,510	2,830	16	19	1,260	—	19	2	82	1,363	285	1,648	1,384	6	3	255	81.7	98.8	5	15	20	270
Deformities—																_____
Rickets	3	3	6	18	10	—	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	3	-	2	-	1	40.0	60.0	2	-	2	1
Spinal Curvature	3	19	22	46	12	—	4	1	1	—	6	-	1	8	-	8	—	4	—	4	47.0	47. 0	3	6	9	10
Other forms	20	57	77	163	83	26	2	4	12	—	25	—	2	39	12	51	4	25	1	21	54.9	71.8	8	12	20	33
Tuberculosis(Non-Pulmonary)—
Definite	—	—	—	-	-	—	—	-	-	-	-	-	-	_-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	—	-
Suspected—Glands	1	2	3	13	8	78	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	1	-	1	100.0	100.0	-	-	—	1
„ Bones and joints	1	1	2	9	9	39	—	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	1	—	1	100.0	100.0	—	-	—	1
,, Other forms	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Speech—
Defective Articulation	1	9	10	19	5	—	—	2	-	—	-	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	—	12.5	3	4	7	5
Squint—
Squint present	29	80	109	187	199	16	⁵	14	57	—	6	—	—	63	—	63	18	26	4	15	70.0 \|	70.0	12	15	27	30
Vision—
Defect not ascertained	14	53	67	117	62	3	6	8	18	-	8	-	1	27	-	27	16	1	2	8	50.9	50.9	9	17	26	25
One eye normal	30	93	123	235	216	40	⁴	15	63	-	9	1	-	73	-	73	36	10	3	24	70.1	70.1	19	12	31	36
Both eyes 6/6	5	40	45	68	87	17	-	19	21	-	-	-	-	21	-	21	15	-	2	4	80.7	80.7	5	-	5	4
„ 6/9	14	48	62	88	151	22	3	8	40	-	1	-	-	41	-	41	27	1	3	10	80.3	80.3	5	5	10	15
One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less	39	123	162	390	304	64	11	5!	92	-	10	-	3	105	-	105	68	13	7	17	71.2	71.2	21	20	41	37
Both eyes 6 /12 or less	104	233	337	742	677	145	16	10	194	-	32	-	8	234	-	234	115	64	4	51	75.2	75.2	28	49	77	100
Spectacles broken	47	500	547	356	992	26	8	31	493	-	7	-	10	510	-	510	470	-	-	40	95.1	95.1	10	16	26	56
„ lost	13	48	61	60	106	5	3	³	47	—	1	—	-	48	—	48	36	—	—	12	87.2	87.2	6	1	7	13
Debility	124	849	973	1,593	2,369	938	13	4	664	-	48	1	92	805	118	923	520	14	2	387	84.2	96.5	12	21	33	408
Miscellaneous	343	3,941	4,284	7,377	6,084	1,320	49	372\|	1,818	-	234	12	472	2,536	1,195	3,731	3,215	51	13	452	65.6	96.5	58	74	132	526
Grand Totals	2,597	18,582	19,179	30,427	25,799	12,954	376	693	8,008	367	954	31	1,105	10,465	5,522	15,987	13,140	345	61	2,441	57 8	88 3	800	1,323	2,123	3,764
Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision other than Lost and Broken Spectacles and other conditions—
No. of Visits											3,749	No. of times attended by Clinic Nurse only								137
No. of Medical Examinations											3,352

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