Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Educatioi 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 othe' Sources, these latter never having been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1930
CONDITIONS | No. of delects followed up | No. of defects for which no report is available. | No. of defects not needing treatment. | No. of defects treated. | Results of Treatment. | Percentage of defects treated. | No. of defects not treated. | !o. of defects under ob ;rvation at end of year, and carried forward to succeeding year | ||||||||||||||
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Remedied. | Improved. | Un-changed. | uder observation at; d of year (result of treatment not known). | |||||||||||||||||||
School Clinic or Hospital or other Institution under Council Scheme, | Voluntary Hospital or other charitable In- | Hospital Doctor under M.C.C. | Private Practitioner. | Total. | Domestic Treat- only. | Grand Total. | 1- xclud-ing Do- Treat- | ■ Including Do-mestic Treatment. | Re-moved from observation. | Remaining under ■ observation. | Total. | |||||||||||
Brought forward from previous | New. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | IS | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Clothing- Unsatisfactory . | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | % | 80.0 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Footgear- Unsatisfactory . | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 100 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Cleanliness of Head- | 198 | 2,084 | 17 | - | 64 | - | - | - | 64 | 2,149 | 2,213 | 2,004 | - | - | 209 | 2.8 | 97.7 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 243 | |
- | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 100 0 | 100-0 | - | - | - | - | |
Fleabitten | 1 | 12 | 13 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 15-4 | 100 0 | - | - | - | 2 |
Malnutrition | 26 | 38 | 64 | 2 | - | 20 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 17 | 10 | - | 11 | 40.3 | 61.3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 28 | |
Nose and Throat- | 555 | 1,011 | 1,566 | 33 | 66 | 120 | 215 | 1 | 10 | 346 | 1 | 347 | 343 | 4 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 594 | 526 | 1,120 | 530 | ||
Adenoids | 50 | 81 | 131 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 27 | - | - | 1 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 48 | 40 | 88 | 41 | |
Enlarged Tonsils and | 251 | 481 | 732 | 8 | 7 | 329 | 82 | 1 | 412 | 9 | 421 | 416 | 5 | 57.5 | 58.7 | 146 | 150 | 296 | 155 | |||
Other conditions | 28 | 234 | 262 | 5 | 6 | 138 | 6 | 36 | 180 | 55 | 235 | 203 | 3 | - | 29 | 71.7 | 93.6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 36 | |
Cervical or Neck Glands- Enlarged (non-T.B.) | 120 | 471 | 591 | 5 | 13 | 255 | 28 | - | 37 | 320 | 56 | 376 | 283 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 55.8 | 65.6 | 47 | 150 | 197 | 239 |
External Eye Diseases- | 28 | 120 | 148 | 1 | 116 | 2 | 5 | 123 | 20 | 143 | 126 | 1 | 16 | 83.7 | 97.3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |||
12 | 125 | 137 | 1 | 108 | 7 | 5 | 120 | 14 | 134 | 118 | 2 | - | 14 | 88.2 | 98.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |||
1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 66.7 | 66.7 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
Other conditions | 14 | 88 | 102 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 72 | 24 | 96 | 83 | 1 | 12 | 71.3 | 95.0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |||
Ear Diseases- Chronic Suppuration of | 56 | 195 | 251 | 4 | 1 | 182 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 207 | 22 | 229 | 168 | 12 | 49 | 84.1 | 93.1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 60 | |
7 | 26 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 71.4 | 71.4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||
Wax | 8 | 113 | 121 | 1 | 106 | - | - | 2 | 108 | 3 | 111 | 102 | - | - | 9 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
Other conditions | 14 | 81 | 95 | 1 | 8 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 11 | 83 | 75 | 1 | - | 7 | 83.7 | 96.5 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 |
Teeth-See Dental Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Heart and Circulation- | 10 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 68.4 | 73.7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
Organic Disease Functional Disease | 6 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 52.9 | 58.8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Anaemia | 72 | 266 | 338 | 12 | 1 | 208 | 40 | - | 14 | 262 | 28 | 290 | 165 | 45 | - | 80 | 80.6 | 89.2 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 107 |
Other conditions | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Lungs- Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh | 25 | 117 | 142 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 73 | 58 | 131 | 105 | 3 | 23 | 52.9 | 94.9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 | ||
Tuberculosis | - | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 2 |
T.B. Suspected | 8 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | - | 6 | 61.9 | 71.4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Other diseases (non-T.B.) | 30 | 37 | 67 | 4 | - | 25 | 10 | - | 12 | 47 | 13 | 60 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 74.6 | 95.2 | 3 | - | 3 | 20 | |
Nervous System- Epilepsv | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Chorea | 14 | 55 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 34 | _ | 15 | 55 | 1 | 56 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 83.3 | 84.8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
Other conditions | 22 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | - | 3 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 19 | 8 | - | 10 | 72.5 | 92.5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Skin- Ringworm Head | 3 | 57 | 60 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 86.4 | 96.6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
Impetigo | 30 | 525 | 555 | 3 | 2 | 380 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 442 | 102 | 544 | 514 | 30 | 80.4 | 98.9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 32 | ||
Scabies | 43 | 43 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 42 | 39 | - | - | 3 | 97.7 | 97.7 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | ||||
Minor Injuries | 67 | 907 | 974 | 2 | 9 | 852 | 25 | 13 | 890 | 66 | 956 | 903 | - | - | 53 | 92.4 | 99.3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 58 | |
Other disease (non. T.B.) | 183 | 2,007 | 2,190 | 9 | 10 | 1,833 | 23 | 1 | 45 | 1,902 | 248 | 2,150 | 1,951 | 1 | 1 | 197 | 87.6 | 99.0 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 205 |
Deformities*- Rickets | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | li | 1 | 7 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
Spinal Curvature | 8 | 64 | 72 | 5 | - | 30 | 8 | - | 2 | 40 | - | 40 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 59.7 | 59.7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 48 |
Other forms | 9 | 47 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 1 | - | 39 | - | 39 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 29 | 81.3 | 81.3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 35 |
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)- Definite-Glands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Bones and joints | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 66.7 | 66.7 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Other forms Suspected-Glands | 1 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 80.0 | 100.0 | - | - | 2 | |||||
„ Bones and joints | ||||||||||||||||||||||
„ Other forms | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Speech- Defective Articulation | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 |
Squint- Squint present | 32 | 98 | 130 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 9 | - | 102 | - | 102 | 8 | 50 | 5 | 39 | 82.3 | 82.3 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 47 | |
Vision- Defect not ascertained | 11 | 74 | 85 | 1 | 10 | 58 | 5 | 63 | 63 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 85.1 | 85.1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | |||
One eye normal | 39 | 59 | 98 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 9 | - | 2 | 62 | - | 62 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 73.8 | 73.8 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 26 |
Both eyes 6/6 | 4 | 49 | 53 | - | 10 | 34 | - | - | 34 | - | 34 | 17 | - | 11 | 6 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
6/9 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 2 | - | 1 | 38 | - | 38 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 84.4 | 84.4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less | 53 | 105 | 158 | 3 | 6 | 98 | 15 | 4 | 117 | 117 | 56 | 35 | 6 | 20 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 33 | ||
Both eyes 6 /12 or less | 117 | 244 | 361 | 8 | 12 | 241 | 35 | _ | 7 | 283 | 283 | 150 | 56 | 16 | 61 | 83.0 | 83.0 | 30 | 28 | 158 | 89 | |
Spectacles broken | 41 | 211 | 252 | 1 | 5 | 222 | 4 | - | 11 | 237 | - | 237 | 217 | - | 20 | 96.3 | 96.3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 26 | |
„ lost | 16 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | 1 | 18 | - | 18 | 10 | - | 5 | 1 3 | 81.8 | 81.8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Debility | 276 | 662 | 938 | 12 | 3 | 664 | 60 | - | 48 | 772 | 108 | 880 | 495 | 86 | 3 | 296 | 83.6 | 95.3 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 328 |
Miscellaneous | 286 | 2,513 | 2,799 | 26 | 224 | 1,391 | 176 | 7 | 191 | 1,765 | 662 | 2,427 | 2,052 | 60 | 2 | 312 | 169.2 | 95.2 | 5 | 75 | 122 | 385 |
Grand Totals | 2,827 | 13,803 | 16,630 | 209 | 453 | 8,132 | 924 | 21 | 599 | 9,676 | 3,933 | 13,608 | 11,214 | 487 | 78 | 83 | 60.6 | 85.2 | 1,13 | 1,22 | 2,359 | 3,056 |
Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision, other than Lost and Broken Spectacles, and in respect of other conditions—
No. of cases dealt with 2,020
* The figures under this heading appearing in the above table do not correspond with the figures recorded in the Orthopaedic Table as after the opening of the Orthopaedic Centre in
June, 1930, several defects were diagnosed and treated where only one had previously been recorded.