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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Four weeks ending | M. & C.W. Centres Attendances. | S.M.S. Centres Attendances. | Total Centres Attendances. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1.29 | 3,184 | 3,356 | 6,540 | Includes holidays. |
| 23.2.29 | 3,019 | 3,750' | 6,769 | |
| 23.3.29 | 3,520 | 4,222 | 7,742 | |
| 20.4.29 | 3,306 | 3,492 | 6,798 | Includes holidays. |
| 18.5.29 | 3,670 | 4,411 | 8,081 | |
| 15.6.29 | 3,304 | 3,946 | 7,250 | Includes holidays. |
| 13.7.29 | 3,691 | 3,941 | 7,632 | |
| 10.8.29 | 2,954 | 2,087 | 5,041 | Includes holidays. |
| 7.9.29 | 3,478 | 1,926 | 5,404 | Includes holidays. |
| 5.10.29 | 4,104 | 4,001 | 8,105 | |
| 2.11.29 | 4,075 | 4,134 | 8,209 | |
| 30.11.29 | 3,702 | 3,974 | 7,676 | |
| 28.12.29 | 3,010 | 2,765 | 5,775 | Includes holidays. |
| Totals, 1929 (52 weeks) | 45,017 | 46,005 | 91,022+ | |
| 25.1.30 | 4,067 | 3,774 | 7,841 | Includes holidays. |
| 22.2.30 | 3,940 | 4,280 | 8,220 | |
| 22.3.30 | 4,279 | 4,436 | 8,715 | |
| 19.4.30 | 3,923 | 3,463 | 7,386 | Includes holidavs. |
| 17.5.30 | 4,455 | 3,851 | 8,306 | Includes holidays. Health Centre 3 opened 28/4/30 |
| 14.6.30 | 4,613 | 4,855 | 9,468 | Includes holidays. |
| 12.7.30 | 5,278 | 5,269 | 10,547 | |
| 9.8.30 | 4,361 | 3,726 | 8,087 | Includes holidays. |
| 6.9.30 | 4,378 | 2,816 | 7,194 | Includes holidays. |
| 4.10.30 | 5,423 | 5,484 | 10,907 | |
| 1.11.30 | 5,966 | 6,874 | 12,840 | |
| 29.11.30 | 5,218 | 6,213 | 11,431 | |
| 3.1.31 (5 weeks) | 5,812 | 5,106 | 10,918 | Includes holidays. |
| Totals, 1930 (53 weeks) | 61,713 | 60,147 | 121,860§ |
* In addition 31 attendances were made by adults in respect of Diphtheria Immunisation,
making 96,364 attendances in all.
t In addition 26 attendances were made by adults in respect of Diphtheria Immunisation,
making 92,986 attendances in all.
J In addition 12 attendances were made by adults in respect of Diphtheria Immunisation,
making 91,034 attendances in all.
§ In addition 22 attendances were made by adults in respect of Diphtheria Immunisation,
making 121,882 attendances in all.
Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics.—An Orthopaedic Clinic staffed by an Orthopaedic
Surgeon and a specially qualified health nurse began work on June 14th, 1930, after the Stonebridge
Health Centre was opened. The report of the Orthopaedic surgeon appears as Appendix F.
Abnormal Children.—Under this category are included the following classes of children :—
Merely dull or backward, mentally defective (feeble-minded), imbecile, moral defective, idiot,
physically defective, blind or partially blind, deaf-mute or semi-mute or semi-deaf and epileptic.
These cases are reported to the Authority by parents, Head Teachers, Health Nurses, School
Attendance Officers, Hospitals and similar institutions, voluntary societies and private medical
practitioners. They are submitted to a special medical examination and are placed in a Special Day
or Residential School or ordinary elementary school, according to the character and degree of the
abnormality.
During the year 1930 1,194 special children were examined or re-examined. Of the 353
original examiations included in the 1,194 examined, 70 were found to be physically defective,
41 mentally defective, 2 deaf, 7 blind and partially blind, 8 epileptic, 20 dull and backward, 185
anaemic and debilitated, 16 defective speech, 3 nervous instability, 1 delinquency.
Leinster Mentally Defective School.—The certified accommodation at this school is
for 145 children and during the year under review the average number on the roll was 117. The
actual number on the roll at 31st December, 1930, was 124. The average attendance for the year
was 79. There were 7 children awaiting admission to this school at the end of the year.