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Willesden 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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87
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT TREATMENT, YEAR ENDED 2nd JANUARY, 1932.
Conditions.
Cases brought
forward from
1930, i.e. :
Treatments,
WaitingList,
Observation
Cases.
New
Cases.
Total Cases
Treated.
Discharged
not Treated,
i.e.,
Unable to
attend,
Unsuitable,
Left District.
Waiting
List.
Condition
Improved.
Treatment
suspended
but still
under
Observation.
RESULTS OF TREATMENT
Cases Still
under
Treatment.
Cases carried
forward to
1932, i.e. :
Treatments,
WaitingList
Observation
Cases.
Improved
or
Cured.
Unable to
attend or
Left District.
Unsuitable
or no
Improvement.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
0-5
School.
Tuberculosis—Glands Neck
1
-
2
3
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
1
-
1
Pre-Tubercular
1
6
—
2
1
6
—
2
—
—
—
2
—
2
1
1
—
—
—
1
—
3
1
7
-
4
1
9
—
2
—
—
—
2
—
2
1
3
—
—
—
2
-
4
General Debility
51
62
80
91
112
130
16
19
3
4
17
21
48
43
20
19
4
4
23
43
43
68
Anæmia
2
7
4
8
6
13
—
2
-
—
1
3
7
2
2
1
3
1
4
Rickets
19
3
17
1
33
2
3
2
3
2
14
9
.
7
-
10
2
Nerves
2
4
1
6
3
8
2
2
2
3
1
1
-
2
-
4
Chilblains
2
1
2
1
1
-
-
1
-
1
Delayed Dentition
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
-
—
-
75
78
102
107
155
155
19
26
3
4
20
26
67
54
33
21
4
5
31
49
54
79
Chronic Blepharitis
1
3
2
1
4
1
1
1
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Phlyctenular Conjunctivitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Corneal Ulcer
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
3
1
3
2
5
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
3
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Alopecia Areata
1
3
1
2
2
5
1
1
3
-
-
1
1
1
2
Pityriasis Rubra
—
1
—
—
1
-
—
-
-
-
-
Chronic Eczema and Asthma
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
Prurigo
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
5
1
3
2
7
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
4
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
3
Asthma
2
5
3
13
4
16
1
2
1
3
__
3
13
3
13
Chronic Bronchitis
5
6
13
30
12
34
5
2
1
—
1
3
3
5
3
5
1
1
4
20
6
23
7
11
16
43
16
50
6
4
1
—
1
3
4
8
3
5
1
1
7
33
9
36
Enlarged Glands Neck
3
6
3
11
5
14
1
3
1
3
12
-
-
1
2
2
2
Rheumatism
—
2
7
7
2
—
-
2
2
2
-
1
-
3
Chorea
2
6
5
3
1
2
1
-
-
-
1
-
2
Rhinorrhœa
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Furunculosis
—
—
—
4
—
4
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
4
Mesenteric Adenitis
—
1
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
Genu Valgum
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
-
1
-
Infantile Paralysis
—
—
1
—
1
—
-
—
-
—
1
-
-
-
Marasmus
1
—
—
—
1
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Otorrhœa
1
1
—.
2
1
1
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Enuresis
—
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mastitis
—
1
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Otitis Media
1
1
-
-
1
-
1
-
Talipes Valgus
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8
12
6
34
12
36
2
10
—
—
1
4
6
19
1
4
1
—
3
9
4
13
Total
93
116
126
194
188
262
27
44
4
4
22
37
79
90
39
34
6
6
42
95
68
136
209
320
450
71
8
59
169
73
12
137
204
TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTENDANCES, YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 2nd, 1932.
0-5
School.
Total.
Attended and Treated
4,127
8,343
12,470
Attended for examination, e.g., new cases,
cases treated and still under observation ,
unsuitable cases
188
350
538
Total
4,315
8,693
13,008
CASES REFERRED BY:—
0-5
School.
Total.
Clinic Doctors
118
170
288
Private Doctors
6
15
21
Hospital
2
7
9
Total
126
192
318
Total number of sessions 562
Average attendance per session. 23.14
Average treatment per child 22.18