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Willesden 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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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—%%
Unsatisfactory31922522-1-------2020144—2-95.21-12
Footgear-
Unsatisfactory1122——1—————-—-11----50.0----
Cleanliness of Head—
Nits2062,8853,0913,1512827741-159----1592,8413,0002,7604-2365.298.384250278
Pediculi374224595992511263-202----202: 248450424--2644.298.6-6632
Other dirty conditions—1818273-1—2——-—-151715-—211.7100.0---2
Cleanliness of Body—
Dirty191030----------999----90.01-1-
Pediculi-447----------442--2-100.0---2
Fleabitten4232752—————-————272727----100.0----
Malnutrition29711001772134268439—6—5503080182613556.890.935840
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils4921,0431,5353,5051,39813751109714016441241764233224-9730.831.3396531927628
Adenoids2385108216113-1713911--33-3318--1533.033.023446759
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids2604196791,8161,19822193170216142334342436380--5668.969.381112193168
Other conditions422633055683866961410925-641806924919055463.187.315213675
Cervical or Neck Glands—
Enlarged (non-T.B.)1036007036915761771711277—271483538343629514—12752.264.519220239347
External Eye Disease—
Blepharitis481782263904941423-166-3-5174422161583-5578.096.825760
Conjunctivitis112092203216112431-159-6-12177392161841-3180.898.621332
Corneal Opacities279162738--5-31-9-93-15100.0100.0---5
Other conditions1199110147208151267-7—2762910589—11571.098.12—215
Ear Disease—
Chronic Suppuration of Middle Ear662182845721,11296810-199-20-1423325258176627485.094.13131687
Defective Hearing104050607411426-2-129332108-1464.471.12111325
Wax121251371012524821113---21156121101--2085.890.2-131333
Other Disease2575100174126231550—511773199276——1677.697.8—2218
Teeth—See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation—
Organic Disease513186818——---71513-13-44572.272.23257
Functional Disease1627437069453410-814232255101963.869.4921111
Anæmia134962103931253-24-3-8351449245-2059.383.0281028
Other defects358123—1—-—2—46-612—385.785.71-13
Lungs—
Bronchitis51160121146491—5-23-16-8112078198153214258.296.153845
Tuberculosis—2295101---------------1-1-
T.B. Suspected111324615034513-9--12113431566.672.24156
Other disease (non-T.B.)12677918697138—126—8123581775585—1274.396.13—312
Nervous System —
Epilepsy710175612-2---4-59-9123360.060.06-63
Chorea21406120832-4-3-31-1751-51211111889.489.424622
Other Conditions1322351012723115—13—6246301551972.790.9—3312
Skin-
Ringworm Body
Head1394107208267592379-4-1093910293--991.1100.0--—9
Impetigo63609!6721,1591,3721,9935-469-12-41522140662592--7078.299.2-5575
Scabies-313161139138--23-2-530-3021.--996.7 |96.7-1110
Minor Injuries849331,0171,0182,3142,432107808-242408741259999562-4187.499.9-1142
Other disease (non T.B.)1081,5951,7032,4882,5102,83016191,260—192821,3632851,6481,3846325581.798.851520270
Deformities—_____
Rickets3361810—1---2--213-2-140.060.02-21
Spinal Curvature319224612—411—6-18-8—4—447.047. 036910
Other forms20577716383262412—25—239125142512154.971.88122033
Tuberculosis(Non-Pulmonary)—
Definite———--——------_-----------—-
Suspected—Glands123138781-1-1--2-2-1-1100.0100.0--—1
„ Bones and joints1129939—-1-1--2-2-1—1100.0100.0—-—1
,, Other forms--------------------------
Speech—
Defective Articulation1910195——2-—-———11———1—12.53475
Squint—
Squint present29801091871991651457—6——63—63182641570.0 |70.012152730
Vision—
Defect not ascertained1453671176236818-8-127-271612850.950.99172625
One eye normal30931232352164041563-91-73-73361032470.170.119123136
Both eyes 6/654045688717-1921----21-2115-2480.780.75-54
„ 6/914486288151223840-1--41-4127131080.380.3551015
One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less3912316239030464115!92-10-3105-105681371771.271.221204137
Both eyes 6 /12 or less1042333377426771451610194-32-8234-2341156445175.275.2284977100
Spectacles broken4750054735699226831493-7-10510-510470--4095.195.110162656
„ lost1348616010653347—1—-48—4836——1287.287.261713
Debility1248499731,5932,369938134664-4819280511892352014238784.296.5122133408
Miscellaneous3433,9414,2847,3776,0841,32049372|1,818-234124722,5361,1953,7313,215511345265.696.55874132526
Grand Totals2,59718,58219,17930,42725,79912,9543766938,008367954311,10510,4655,52215,98713,140345612,44157 888 38001,3232,1233,764
Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision other than Lost and Broken Spectacles and other conditions—
No. of Visits3,749No. of times attended by Clinic Nurse only137
No. of Medical Examinations3,352