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Willesden 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No . 24—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical Tables as amended by Administrative Memorandum No. 80. 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 never having been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1931.

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Table No . 24—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical Tables as amended by Administrative Memorandum No. 80. 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 never having been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1931.

CONDITIONS	No. of defects followed up.			No. of defects for which no report is available.	No. of defects not needing treatment.	No. of defects treated.					Domes- Treatment only.	Grand Total.	Results ot Treatment.				Percentage of defects treated.		No. of defects not treated.			No of defects under ob-rvation at end of year, and carried forward to succeeding year.
						No. of defects treated.							Remedied.	lmproved	Unchanged.	Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known).	Percentage of defects treated.		No. of defects not treated.
						School Clinic or Hospital or other Institution under Council Scheme.	Voluntary Hospital or other charitable In-	Hospital Doctor M.C.C.	Private Practi-tioner.	Total.							Excluding Do Treatment	Including Do- Treatment.	Removed from observa-	Remaining under observation.	Total.
	Brought forward from previous	New.	Total.				Voluntary Hospital or other charitable In-	Hospital Doctor M.C.C.	Private Practi-tioner.	Total.							Excluding Do Treatment	Including Do- Treatment.	Removed from observa-	Remaining under observation.	Total.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
																	%	%
Clothing—
Unsatisfactory	2	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9\|	-	-	-	-	100. 0	-	-	-	-
Footgear—
Unsatisfactory	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Cleanliness of head—
Nits	243	2,142	2,385	12	-	120	-	-	-	120	2,118	2,238	2,192	-	-	46	5.1	94.3	22	113	135	59
Pediculi	30	304	334	-	-	125	-	-	-	125	170	295	293	-	-	2	37.4	88.3	2	37	39	39
Other dirty conditions	-	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	100.0	-	-	-	1
Cleanliness of Body—
Dirty	-	6	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	5	6	5	-	-	1	16.7	100.0	-	-	-	1
Pediculi	-	4	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	-	-	-	25.0	75.0	-	1	1	1
Fleabitten	2	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	-	-	-
Malnutrition	28	107	135	1	1	87	5	-	3	95	17	112	64	5	-	43	71.4	84.2	6	15	21	58
Nose and Throat—
Enlarged Tonsils	530	752	1,282	17	67	186	104	5	4	299	-	299	294	-.	-	5	25.0	25.0	540	359	899	364
Adenoids	41	39	80	1	10	5	3	-		8	-	8	6	1	-	1	11.6	11.6	28	33	61	34
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids	155	590	745	2	10	251	144	-	-	395	5	400	396		-	4	53.9	54.6	165	168	333	172
Other conditions	36	234	270	1	3	133	10	1	31	175	53	228	193	4	-	31	65.8	85.7	19	19	38	50
Cervical or Neck Glands—
Enlarged (non-T.B.)	239	356	595	1	21	170	44	2	19	235	37	272	235	8	2	27	41.0	47.5	119	182	301	209
External Eye Diseases—
	19	143	162	-	-	124	4	-	2	130	28	158	129	1	-	28	80.2	97.5	-	4	4	32
Conjunctivitis	15	140	155	1	-	136	2	-	5	143	9	152	136	3	-	13	92.9	98.7	-	2	2	15
	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-		1	-	1	-	-	-	1	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	1
	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	--	1	-	1	-	--	-	1	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	1
Other conditions	14	161	175	-	4	138	6	-	1	145	23	168	151	-	-	17	84-8	98-2	1	2	3	19
Ear Diseases—
Chronic Suppuration of Middle Ear	60	191	251	5	4	179	16	-	10	205	24	229	173	8	2	46	84.7	94.6	8	5	13	51
Defective Hearing	7	34	41	1	7	21	5	-	1	27	-	27	6	7	3	11	81.8	81.8	2	4	6	15
Wax	14	130	144	-	-	124	2	1	2	129	4	133	117	-	-	16	89.6	92.4	2	9	11	25
Other diseases	7	85	92	-	-	63	8	1	2	74	15	89	69	-	-	20	80.4	96.7	-	3	3	23
Teeth—See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation—
Organic Disease	6	19	25	1	-	5	10	-	5	20	-	20	-	6	3	11	83.3	83.3	2	2	4	13
Functional Disease	6	30	36	1	5	13	10	-	-	23	2	25	3	13	1	8	76.7	83.3	-	5	5	13
Anaemia	107	117	224	3	1	117	15	-	13	145	33	178	97	28	-	53	65.9	80.9	6	36	42	89
Other conditions	4	6	10	-	2	4	4	-	-	8	-	8	2	1	-	5	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	5
Lungs—
Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh	27	191	218	2	-	75	17	-	56	148	58	206	143	6	3	54	68.5	95.4	-	10	10	64
Tuberculosis	2	4	6	-	-_	-_	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	16.7	16.7	5	-__	5	-
T.B. Suspected	8	24	32	2	3	9	9	-	3	21	2	23	7	4	6	6	77.8	85.2	2	2	4	8
Other diseases (non-T.B.)	20	35	55	1	-	31	7	3	4	45	4	49	18	4	1	26	83.3	90.7	5	-	5	26
Nervous System—
Epilepsy	4	5	9	2	-	2	2	_	1	5	-	5	-	2	2	1	71.4	71.4	2	-	2	1
Chorea	19	24	43	1	1	2	22	6	6	36	-	36	19	6	2	9	87.8	87.8	4	1	5	10
Other conditions	10	62	72	-	2	41	12	-	4	57	4	61	26	7	1	27	81.4	87.1	²	7	9	34
Skin—
Ringworm { Head & Body}	6	35	41	1	-	31	2	-	7	40	-	40	33	-	-	7	100.0	100.0	-_	-	-	7
Impetigo	32	412	444	-	-	326	2	1	28	357	83	440	407	-	1	32	80.4	99.1	-	4	4	36
Scabies	3	90	93	1	1	85	2	-	3	90	1	91	80	_	-	11	98.9	100.0	-	-	-_	11
Minor Injuries	58	1,068	1,126	4	-	979	43	-	15	1,037	81	1,118	1,055	1	2	60	92.4	99.6	2	2	4	62
Other conds. (non. T.B.)	205	2,089	2,294	13	11	1,928	21	2	35	1,986	248	2,234	2,032	2	4	196	87.5	98.4	15	²¹	36	217
Deformities—
Rickets	10	6	16	1	1	6	1	-	-	7	-	7	1	1	1	4	50.0	50.0	6	1	7	5
Spinal Curvature	48	153	201	1	2	184	1	-	-	185	-	185	72	36	23	54	93.4	93.4	8	5	13	59
Other forms	35	138	173	1	7	120	3	1	3	127	-	127	19	10	16	82	77 0	77 0	26	12	38	94
Tuberculosis(Non-Pulmonary)—
Definite—Glands	-	5	5	-	1	1	3	-	-	4	-	4	-	1	-	3	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	3
,, Bones and joints	-	3	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	1	2	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	2
,, Other conditions	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Suspected—Glands	2	5	7	-	1	2	3	1	-	6	-	6	3	-	1	2	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	2
„ Bones and joints	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	2
,, Other conditions	-	³	3	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	1
Speech—
Defective Articulation	7	10	17	2	1	4	-	-	-	4	3	7	1	5	-	1	28.6	50.0	4	3	7	4
Squint—
Squint present	47	103	150	1	2	103	15	1	-	119	-	119	18	55	18	28	81 0	81.0	17	11	28	39
Vision-
Defect not ascertained	36	315	351	5	33	266	9	-	3	278	-	278	203	14	12	49	88.8	88.8	21	14	35	63
One eye normal	26	40	66	-	4	39	3	-	2	44	-	44	32	5	-	7	71.0	71.0	8	10	18	17
Both eyes 6/6	9	21	30	-	13	15	-	-	-	15	-	15	12	-	1	2	88.2	88.2	1	1	2	3
6/9	10	23	33	2	6	19	-	-	-	19	-	19	13	-	3	3	76.0	76.0	4	2	6	5
One eye 6/9 other 6/12 or less	33	76	109	1	3	74	4	-	8	86	-	86	60	7	3	16	81.9	81.9	9	10	19	26
Both eyes 6 /12 or less	89	208	297	-	8	194	20	-	11	225	-	225	171	16	8	30	77.9	77.9	36	28	64	58
Spectacles broken	26	311	337	2	1	300	1	-	21	322	1	323	292	-	1	30	96.4	96.7	4	7	11	37
„ lost	5	36	41	-	1	33	1	-	²	36	-	36	31	-	-	5	90.0	90.0	1	3	4	8
Debility	328	788	1,116	8	10	762	32	2	35	831	164	995	565	88	8	334	75.7	\| 90.6	29	174	103	408
Miscellaneous	385	2,448	2,833	24	267	1,273	242	12	211	1,738	709	; 2,447	1,992	53	30	372	68.4	96.3	51	44	95	416
Grand Totals	3,056	14,347	17,403	122	514	8,909	875	39	556	10,379	3,928 14,307		11,894	t\| 408 159		1,846	61 9	85 3	1,188	! 1,272	2,460	3,118

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Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision, other than Lost and Broken Spectacles, and in respect of other conditions—
No. of cases dealt with 1,664

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