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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT TREATMENT, 1936.
| Conditions. | Cases brought forward from 1935, i.e., Treatments, Waiting List Observation * Cases. | New Cases. | Total Cases Treated. | Discharged not Treated, i.e., Unable to attend, Unsuitable, Left District | Waiting List. | RESULTS OF TREATMENT. | Cases carried forward to 1937, i.e., Treatments, WaitingList Observation Cases. | Attendances Treated. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condition Improved. Treatment suspended but still under Observation. | Improved or Cured. | Unable to attend or Left District before treatment completed. | Unsuitable or no Improvement. | Cases still under Treatment (Result not yet known). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | |||||||||||||
| 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | 0-5 | Sch. | |
| Debility | 49 | 49 | 99 | 132 | 141 | 176 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 81 | 37 | 38 | - | 4 | 28 | 52 | 33 | 56 | 2,411 | 2,860 | |
| «/ Anaemia | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 159 |
| Rickets | 9 | - | 33 | i | 40 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 19 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 13 | - | 14 | - | 765 | - |
| Enlarged Glands | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 140 |
| Rheumatism | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | -- | 3 | - | 3 | - | 92 |
| Nerves | - | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 92 | 203 |
| Genu Valgum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | |
| Fragilitis Ossum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 |
| Cervical Adenitis Chronic Blepharitis | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - ' | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | |
| 62 | 67 | 141 | 158 | 194 | 220 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 96 | 107 | 46 | 45 | - | 5 | 47 | 62 | 53 | 66 | 3,468 | 3,622 | |
| 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 193 | |
| Corneal Ulcer | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Styes Asthma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 207 | |
| - | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | - | 8 | 10 | 457 | ||
| Bronchitis ... Alopecia Areata | 3 | 16 | 16 | 42 | 19 | 58 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 380 | 1,048 |
| 3 | 24 | 17 | 51 | 20 | 74 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 28 | 390 | 1,505 | |
| - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 63 | |
| Acne | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | ||||
| Psoriasis | -- | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
| General Eczema Enuresis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 11 |
| - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 106 | |
| - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 234 | |
| Chorea | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 93 | |
| Chilblains | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 59 | |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 27 |
| Colitis T otal | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | ||
| - | 2 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 413 | |
| 66 | 98 | 163 | 239 J | 219 | 331 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 103 | 148 | 56 | 68 | 1 | 12 | 53 | 102 | 60 | 107 | 3,916 | 5,853 | |
| 164 | 402 | 550 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 251 | 124 | 13 | 155 | 167 | 9,769 | |||||||||||||
TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTENDANCES, YEAR 1936.
CASES REFERRED BY