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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Table No. 29.
Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres, 1932.
Condition. | Mothers, and Children under Five. | Grand Total. (Cols. 7 and 8). | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under Five. | School Children. | ||||||
0—1. | 1—5. | Total (Cols. 4 and 5). | Total (Cols. 2—5). | ||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
1. | Cleansing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 374 | 384* |
2. | Throat, Nose and Ear Diseases | 2 | 2 | 132 | 633 | 765 | 769 | 6,714 | 7,483 |
3. | Minor Ailments | 28 | 87 | 1,544 | 3,593 | 5,137 | 5,252 | 41,150 | 46,402* |
4 | Eye Diseases | 3 | 9 | 102 | 484 | 586 | 598 | 6,705 | 7,303 |
5. | Ringworm, etc. | 17 | 44 | 107 | 228 | 335 | 396 | 621 | 1,017* |
6. | Artificial Sunlight Treatment | 0 | 0 | 430 | 4,063 | 4,493 | 4,493 | 7,065 | 11,558 |
7. | Orthopaedics | 0 | 34 | 562 | 2,257 | 2,819 | 2,853 | 5,335 | 8,188 |
8 | Medical Consultations | 5,727 | 22,732 | 25,108 | 16,404 | 41,512 | 69,971 | 0 | 69,971 |
9. | Diphtheria Immunisation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10. | Total (1—9) | 5,777 | 22,908 | 27,985 | 27,672 | 55,657 | 84,342 | 67,964 | 152,306 |
11. | Dental Consultations | 1,324 | 1,922 | 0 | 1,139 | 1,139 | 4,385 | 16,094 | 20,479 |
12. | Total (10—11) | 7,101 | 24,830 | 27,985 | 28,811 | 56,796 | 88,727 | 84,058 | 172,785 |
13. | School for Mothers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,536 | 0 | 6,536 |
14. | Nursery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,227 | 0 | 6,227 |
15. | Miscellaneous | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,864 | 15,484 | 28,348 |
16. | Grand Total (12—15) | 7,101 | 24,830 | 27,985 | 28,811 | 56,796 | 114,354 | 99,542 | 213,896* |
* In addition the following attendances were made by adults; Cleansing 21; Minor Ailments 3; Ringworm, etc.; 24; Varicose Ulcers 421; making a total of 469, which together with the 213,896 above, makes a grand total of 214,365.
Health Centre (1) | Health Centre (2) | Health Centre (3) | Grand Total. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children | Total, | Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children | Total. | Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children | Total. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
17. Medical Attendances | 15,552 | 19,279 | 34,831 | 40,323 | 16,403 | 56,726 | 28,467 | 32,282 | 60,749 | 152,306 |
18. Dental Attendances | 1,060 | 3,735 | 4,795 | 1,413 | 3,633 | 5,046 | 1,912 | 8,726 | 10,638 | 20,479 |
19 School for Mothers | 2,134 | 0 | 2,134 | 1,564 | 0 | 1,564 | 2,838 | 0 | 2,838 | 6,536 |
20. Nursery Attendances | 2.797 | 0 | 2,797 | 867 | 0 | 867 | 2,563 | 0 | 2,563 | 6,227 |
21. Miscellaneous | 6,143 | 4,604 | 10,747 | 3,871 | 7,058 | 10,929 | 2,850 | 3,822 | 6,672 | 28,348 |
22. Total | 27,686 | 27,618 | 55,304 | 48,038 | 27,094 | 75,132 | 38,630 | 44,830 | 83,460 | 213,896 |
Table No. 30.
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. | ||||||
1913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 0 | 299 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 299 | |
1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,517 | 0 | 2,517 | 2,517 | 0 | 0 | 2,517 | |
1915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,674 | 0 | 5,674 | 5,674 | 0 | 0 | 5,674 | |
1916 | 389 | 0 | 389 | 9,593 | 0 | 9,593 | 9,982 | 0 | 0 | 9,982 | |
1917 | 8,641 | 0 | 8,641 | 9,448 | 0 | 9,448 | 18,089 | 0 | 0 | 18,089 | |
1918 | 32,169 | 1,165 | 33,334 | 15,811 | 2,403 | 18,214 | 51,548 | 44 | 220 | 51,812 | |
1919 | 32,870 | 878 | 33,748 | 46,179 | 11,024 | 57,203 | 90,951 | 1,089 | 2,814 | 94,854 | |
1920 | 51,468 | 1,823 | 53,291 | 64,588 | 10,670 | 75,258 | 128,549 | 2,354 | 3,452 | 134,355 | |
1921 | 41,562 | 1,667 | 43,229 | 57,032 | 7,718 | 64,750 | 107,979 | 1,716 | 2,356 | 112,051 | |
1922 | 27,505 | 894 | 28,399 | 39,989 | 7,025 | 47,014 | 75,413 | 1,616 | 2,190 | 79,219 | |
1923 | 23,271 | 533 | 23,804 | 40,381 | 3,599 | 43,980 | 67,784 | 2,761 | 3,270 | 73,815 | |
1924 | 17,082 | 520 | 17,602 | 34,845 | 2,460 | 37,305 | 54,907 | 2,896 | 2,808 | 60,611 | |
1925 | 26,119 | 936 | 27,055 | 41,695 | 5,123 | 46,818 | 73,873 | 4,074 | 3,812 | 81,759 | |
1926 | 39,084 | 1,491 | 40,575 | 47,786 | 5,909 | 53,695 | 94,270 | 4,126 | 3,645 | 102,041 | |
1927 | 40,958 | 1,593 | 42,551 | 47,199 | 6,583 | 53,782 | 96,333 | 3,847 | 3,291 | 103,471 | |
1928 | 40,787 | 1,733 | 42,520 | 43,956 | 6,484 | 50,440 | 92,960 | 4,485 | 3,355 | 100,800 | |
1929 | 43,419 | 1,598 | 45,017 | 39,698 | 6,307 | 46,005 | 91,022 | 4,523 | 3,446 | 98,991 | |
1930 | 59,372 | 2,341 | 61,713 | 49,610 | 10,537 | 60,147 | 121,860 | 5,958 | 5,371 | 133,189 | |
1931 | 76,395 | 3,473 | 79,868 | 65,942 | 15,180 | 81,122 | 160,990 | 6,928 | 6,985 | 21,884* | 196,787 |
1932 | 84,342 | 4,385 | 88,727 | 67,964 | 16,094 | 84,058 | 172,785 | 6,536 | 6,227 | 28,817* | 214,365 |
* This includes the 469 attendances by adults, which are shewn in the footnotes to Table No. 29.