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Willesden 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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31
THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
for the
Year ending 31st December, 1933,
on the
HEALTH OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN WILLESDEN.
Giving the Tables required by the Board of Education.
Table No. 19.—Corresponding to Table 1 of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical
Tables.
Return of Medical Inspections for the year ended 31st December, 1933:-
A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
| Entrants | 2,195 |
| Second Age Group | 1,869 |
| Third Age Group | 2,752 |
| Total | 6,816 |
| Number of other Routine Inspections | 0 |
| B.—Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 8,246 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 18,969 |
| Total | 27,215 |
Table No. 20.—Corresponding to Table 2 of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical
Tables.
A.—Return of Defects Eound by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1933.
| Routine Inspections. | Specials. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Defects. | No. of Defects. | ||||
| Defect or Disease. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Malnutrition | 13 | 35 | 81 | — | |
| Skin | Ringworm: | ||||
| Scalp | — | – | 3 | — | |
| Body | — | – | 16 | – | |
| Scabies | 6 | – | 90 | — | |
| Impetigo | 6 | – | 174 | — | |
| Other Diseases (non-tuberculous) | 89 | _ | 1,343 | _ | |
| Eye | Blepharitis | 14 | — | 108 | — |
| Conjunctivitis | 10 | — | 178 | — | |
| Keratitis | — | — | 3 | — | |
| Corneal Opacities | — | – | 6 | — | |
| Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 350* | 289* | 336 | 27 | |
| Squint | 22 | 1 | 74 | 2 | |
| Other Conditions | 17 | 2 | 159 | — | |
| Spectacles broken | — | — | 364 | — | |
| Spectacles lost | — | 24 | — | ||
*The variation from last year's figures which were 747 Col. (21 and 42 Col. (3), may be accounted for by the
modification adopted in the method of testing with + 1 sphere.