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Willesden 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 28.Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres, 1931.

Table No. 28.

Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres, 1931.

Condition.Mothers, and Children under Five.School Children.Grand Total. (Cols. 7 and 8).
Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under Five.Total (Cols. 2—5).
0—1.1—5.Total (Cols. 4 and 5).
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
1. Cleansing119342372712912,3142,605*
101064956016026,5607,162
3. Minor Ailments6501,8973,7095,6065,66236,37842,040†
4. Eye Diseases161424746166235,4956,118
5. Ringworm, etc.1149150211361421513934††
6. Artificial Sunlight Treatment001804,1354,3154,3158,69313,008
7. Orthopaedics0404042,0102,4142,4545,9468,400
8. Medical Consultations5,05720,88222,53413,54136,07562,014062,014
9. Diphtheria Immunisation0001313134356‡
10. Total (1—9)5,07721,04625,44724,82550,27276,39565,942142,337
11. Dental Consultations8871,54101,0451,0453,47315,18018,653
12. Total (10—11)5,96422,58725,44725,87051,31779,86881,122160,990
13. School for Mothers000006,92806,928
14. Nursery000006,98506,985
15. Miscellaneous0000010,70011,10921,809
16. Grand Total (12—16)5,96422,58725,44725,87051,317104,48192,231196,712§
* In addition there was 1 attendance by an adult, making 2,606 attendances in all. † In addition there were 4 attendances by adults, making 42,044 attendances in all. †† In addition there were 7 attendances by adults, making 941 attendances in all. ‡ In addition there were 7 attendances by adults, making 63 attendances in all. § In addition there were 56 attendances for the treatment of varicose ulcers, which, together with the 19 additional attendances above, makes a grand total of 196,787.
Health Centre (1)Health Centre (2)Health Centre (3)Grand Total.
Mothers and Children under Five.School ChildrenTotal.Mothers and Children under Five.School ChildrenTotal.Mothers and Children) under Five.School ChildrenTotal.
17. Medical Attendances14,96721,59036,55734,52614,80449,33026,90229,54856,450142,337
18. Dental Attendances8974,0194,9161,0103,3744,3841,5667,7879,35318.653
19. School for Mothers2,17102,1711,85001,8502,90702,9076,928
20. Nursery Attendances2,90402,90489808983,18303,1836,985
21. Miscellaneous4,5184,7029,2203,1693,8757,0443,0132,5325,54521,809
22. Total25,45730,31155,76841,45322,05363,50637,57139,86777,438196,712

Table: Table No. 29.Shewing attendances at the Municipal Centres each year since 1913.

Table No. 29.

Shewing attendances at the Municipal Centres each year since 1913.

Year.Mothers and Children under 5 years.School Children.Total.School for Mothers.Nursery.Miscellaneous.Grand Total.
Medical.Dental.Total.Medical.Dental.Total.
1913000299029929900299
19140002,51702,5172,517002,517
19150005,67405,6745,674005,674
191638903899,59309,5939,982009,982
19178,64108,6419,44809,44818,0890018,089
191832,1691,16533,33415,8112,40318,21451,5484422051,812
191932,87087833,74846,17911,02457,20390,9511,0892,81494,854
192051,4681,82353,29164,58810,67075,258128,5492,3543,452134,355
192141,5621,66743,22957,0327,71864,750107,9791,7162,356112,051
192227,50589428,39939,9897,02547,01475,4131,6162,19079,219
192323,27153323,80440,3813,59943,98067,7842,7613,27073,815
192417,08252017,60234,8452,46037,30554,9072,8962,80860,611
192526,11993627,05541,6955,12346,81873,8734,0743,81281,759
192639,0841,49140,57547,7865,90953,69594,2704,1263,645102,041
192740,9581,59342,55147,1996,58353,78296,3333,8473,291103,471
192840,7871,73342,52043,9566,48450,44092,9604,4853,355100,800
192943,4191,59845,01739,6986,30746,00591,0224,5233,44698,991
193059,3722,34161,71349,61010,53760,147121,8605,9585,371133,189
193176,3953,47379,86865,94215,18081,122160,9906,9286,98521,884*196,787
* This includes the 75 attendances by adults, which are shewn in the footnotes to Table No. 28.