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Willesden 1930

[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

CONDITIONSNo. of delects followed upNo. 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
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 previousNew.Total.
123456789101112IS14151617181920212223
Clothing- Unsatisfactory .-55-------443--1%80.0-112
Footgear- Unsatisfactory .11-------222----100 0----
Cleanliness of Head-1982,0842,28217-64---642,1492,2132,004--2092.897.7183452243
-44--4---4-44---100 0100-0----
Fleabitten11213--2---2111311--215-4100 0---2
Malnutrition2638642-20322513381710-1140.361.37172428
Nose and Throat-5551,0111,56633661202151103461347343423.623.75945261,120530
Adenoids5081131312161012712827--123.324.148408841
Enlarged Tonsils and251481732873298214129421416557.558.7146150296155
Other conditions2823426256138636180552352033-2971.793.6971636
Cervical or Neck Glands- Enlarged (non-T.B.)12047159151325528-3732056376283318955.865.647150197239
External Eye Diseases-281201481116251232014312611683.797.313419
12125137110875120141341182-1488.298.511215
1453332160.060.01121
1232221-1-66.766.71-1
Other conditions1488102163817224968311271.395.032514
Ear Diseases- Chronic Suppuration of5619525141182181620722229168124984.193.16111760
72633111151515731471.471.43367
Wax81131211106--21083111102--990.092.545914
Other conditions14819518571014721183751-783.796.53-37
Teeth-See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation-101222211031311473468.473.73256
Organic Disease Functional Disease617232425-29110171152.958.82576
Anaemia7226633812120840-142622829016545-8080.689.282735107
Other conditions257-113-'4-4---466.766.7224
Lungs- Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh251171424217243735813110532352.994.934727
Tuberculosis-552--3--3-3--12100.0100.0---2
T.B. Suspected816241219211321572-661.971.44268
Other diseases (non-T.B.)3037674-2510-124713603192074.695.23-320
Nervous System- Epilepsv9911517722387.587.5114
Chorea14556921634_1555156261511483.384.8551019
Other conditions222345411412-329837198-1072.592.53310
Skin- Ringworm Head35760141375165751686.496.6226
Impetigo305255553238011604421025445143080.498.942632
Scabies434332343424239--397.797.71-13
Minor Injuries6790797429852251389066956903--5392.499.325758
Other disease (non. T.B.)1832,0072,1909101,833231451,9022482,1501,9511119787.699.013821205
Deformities*- Rickets57126399li1775.075.03310
Spinal Curvature864725-308-240-401822959.759.78192748
Other forms94756442991-39-3925132981.381.336935
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)- Definite-Glands112111150.050.011
Bones and joints123---2--2-2-11-66.766.71-1-
Other forms Suspected-Glands1 4216111341521280.0100.0--2
„ Bones and joints
„ Other forms1-11
Speech- Defective Articulation41620115---5-5--1427.827.8103137
Squint- Squint present329813024939-102-10285053982.382.31482247
Vision- Defect not ascertained1174851105856363161613085.185.1561136
One eye normal39599895519-262-62251821773.873.81392226
Both eyes 6/644953-1034--34-3417-11679.179.16399
6/916365216352-138-3812145784.484.443710
One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less531051583698154117117563562078.578.519133233
Both eyes 6 /12 or less11724436181224135_728328315056166183.083.0302815889
Spectacles broken41211252152224-11237-237217-2096.396.33161926
„ lost16143035161-118-1810-51 381.881.82245
Debility27666293812366460-4877210888049586329683.695.3113243328
Miscellaneous2862,5132,799262241,39117671911,7656622,4272,052602312169.295.2575122385
Grand Totals2,82713,80316,6302094538,132924215999,6763,93313,60811,214487788360.685.21,131,222,3593,056

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.