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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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1 School Child and 1 child under 5 years of age were treated under the Council's Scheme
by X-rays for Ringworm of the Scalp.
10,973 Individual School Children attended the Municipal Centres during 1933.
Hospital Treatment of School Children under the Council's Scheme.
Table No. 29.
Hospital Treatment of School Children during 1933.
| No. of School Children in Willesden General Hospital at 31st December, 1932 ... | 0 |
| „ ,, „ admitted during 1933 | 383 |
| „ „ „ under treatment during 1933 | 383 |
| ,, „ ,, discharged during 1933 | 383 |
| „ ,, „ died in Hospital during 1933 | 0 |
| „ ,, „ remaining in Willesden General Hospital at 31st December, 1933 | 0 |
Table No. 30.
School Children under Treatment in Hospital during 1933.
| Condition. | Brought forward. | Admitted during Year. | Total under treatment. | Treatment Completed. | Remaining in Hospital at end of Year. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forms of Treatment. | Results of Treatment. | |||||||||
| Operative. | General. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged . | Died. | |||||
| Deflected Septum | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids | — | 382 | 382 | 379 | 3 | 379 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Total | – | 383 | 383 | 380 | 3 | 380 | — | 3 | — | — |
No School Children were admitted to St. Monica's Home Hospital.
Employment of Children in Entertainments Rules, 1920.
Particulars as to applications received in 1933 for certificates from the School Medical Officer.
| No. of Applications. | No. Granted. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
| Original applications | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| Applications for renewals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 22 | |