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Willesden 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 21.—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical Tables. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of " Specials," or from other Sources, these latter never having been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers ; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1934.

Table No. 21.—In this Table is embodied the information required in the N.B. to Notes on Table IV. of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical Tables. Return showing the nature and number of all medical defects referred for following up, whether referred from Routine Medical Inspection, Medical Inspection of " Specials," or from other Sources, these latter never having been inspected by the Education Committee's Medical Officers ; and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1934.

CONDITIONS.No. of defects followed up.No. of defects for which no report is available.No. of defects not needing treatment.No. of defects treated.Results of TreatmentPercentage of defects treated.No. of defects not treated.No. of defects under observation at end of year, and carried forward to succeeding year.
Remedied.Improved.Unchanged.Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known).
School Clinic or Hospital or other Institution under Council Scheme.Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.Hospital Doctor under M.C.C.Private Practitioner.Total.Domestic Treatment only.Grand Total.Excluding Domestic Treatment.Including Domestic Treatment.Removed from observation.Remaining under observation.Total.
Brought forward from previousNew.Total.
234567891011121314151617181920212223
Clothing— Unsatisfactory3912-------121212----100.----
Footgear- Unsatisfactory----------------------
Cleanliness of Head— Nits2322,3212,55313-194---1942,1232,3172,296--207.690.834189223209
Pediculi632783411-163---163160323323---47.894.71161716
Other dirty conditions2-2-------222----100.0----
Cleanliness of Body-Dirty41115-------131312--1-86.7-223
Pediculi-11--1---1-1---1100.0----1
Fleabitten-44-------333----75.0-111
Malnutrition5696152--10031210614120551-6469.778.915173281
Nose and Throat-Enlarged Tonsils28341269514491013441140-140137--320.1-278214492217
Adenoids25275227632-11-1110--121.2-15173218
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids1193204393132294721279-279271--863.6-935114459
Other conditions53325378416177211536249783272991-2765.986.516153142
Cervical or Neck Glands— Enlarged (non T.B.)155210365381581521218751238202732651.265.2605611682
External Eye Disease— Blepharitis351161511-11273--130161461161-2986.196.713432
Conjunctivitis202382582-2247-6237182552423-1091.998.81-110
Corneal Opacities37101-62--8-8-32380.0-1-13
Keratitis-11-----11-1-1--100.0-----
Other conditions181962142315210-416636202193--977.694.443712
Ear Diseases— Chronic Suppuration of Middle Ear622713335525227-4283273102653-4285.93.11031345
Defective Hearing131730256---6-631-220.0-* 125177
Wax15107122-11061-21097116112--489.395.13256
Other diseases21111132-290172311215127121--684.896.22137
Teeth—See Dental Returns
Heart and Circulation— Organic Disease61420-126--8-8--2640.0-101117
Functional Disease263864222114-338-38119—1859.4—1752223
Anaemia261339--183212410341952861.587.223511
Other conditions-55--21--3-3--—360.0——225
Lungs- Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh399713614486329041131112711166.296.331412
Tuberculosis66--—11-2—2-1133.34-41
T.B. suspected3710_5—1——1—1———110.0—4-41
Other diseases (non-T.B.)292251—12261837643311—1172.584.37-711
Nervous System— Epilepsy156---1-12-2--1133.3-2243
Chorea1117282—415—120—20272971.4-51610
Other conditions29225111225133110411711—1360.880.471814
Skin- Ringworm Head224--21-3-33---75.0-1-1-
„ Body31922——15——41922121———86.495.51—1—
Impetigo292823111—2434—1225946305285——2083.398.123523
Scabies14109123—1114——31172119113——695.196.73—36
Minor injuries671,2411,308551,179324101,225671,2921,243—24793.798.86—647
Other conds. (non-T.B.)2322,1642,3967192,014241192,0582722,3302,07471423585.997.2281240247
Deformities— Rickets21012--621-9-9-23475.0-1236
Spinal Curvature3865103—1641—267—67215113965.0—17183557
Other forms1361632999321674—117251774438207557.559.261208195
TuberculosisNon-Pulmonary— Definite—Glands112-----11-1-1--50.0-1-1-
„ Spine----------------------
„ Hip—44—1-------------2131
„ Bones and joints----------------------
„ Skin——---_--_----------———----
Other forms-11--1---1-1---1100.0----1
Suspected Glands5-5--1---1—1——-120.0-4-41
„ Bones and joints2—2—-—2——2—2——11100.0——-—1
„ Other conditions
Speech— Defective Articulation1910—21——1-1—1-—10.0—5272
Squint— Squint present25102127-127710—289—893034121370.1—16102623
Vision— Defect not ascertained3716019724911342119119851211260.4-15122724
One Eye normal186583218371—543—433113851.8-1642012
Both eyes 6/625658—3817—--17—1714—3—29.3—2131
Both eyes 6/953944-14232--25-251434456.8-2357
One eye 6/9, other 6/12 or less201221421128342898968411662.7-19214037
Both eyes 6/12 or less6124830921418211—102032031324152565.7—52389063
Spectacles broken42300342252804-323161317300-11692.492.77111827
Spectacles lost11243516191-2222221--162.9-2465
Debility3806991,07912977627623832158990625762626377.191.8402868291
Miscellaneous4082,5512,959193751,507175511531,8865132,3991,993311835763.781.110957166414
Grand Totals2,89313,76016,6531217339,14756110240410,2143,70813,92211,9643171591,48261.383.61,0198581,8772,340

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Re-examiDations in respect of Defective Vision, other than Lost and Broken Spectacles, and in respect of other conditions—
No. of cases dealt with 1,845.