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Willesden 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TableNo. 24.-In this Table is embodied the information required in Notes (c), 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 1936.

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TableNo. 24.-In this Table is embodied the information required in Notes (c), 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 1936.

	No. of defects followed up.			5 No. of defects for which no report is available.	6 No. of defects not needing treatment.	No. of defects treated.								Results of Treatment.			Percentage of - defects needing treatment treated		No. of defects not treated.			I No. of defects under observation at end of year, and carried forward to succeeding year.
	No. of defects followed up.					No. of defects treated.								Im-proved. 15	Un-changed 16	• Under observation _atend of year(result 17 of treatment not known).	Percentage of - defects needing treatment treated		No. of defects not treated.
CONDITIONS. 1	Brought forward from previous year. 2	r New. 3	Total. 4			School Clinic, Hospital or other Institution under Council Scheme.	Volun-taryHos-pital or other Charita-ble Insti-tutions. 8	Hospital or Doctor under M.C.C. 9	J Private Practi-tioner. 10	* Total. 11	Domes-tic Treat-ment only. 12	Grand Total. 13	Reme-died. 14	Im-proved. 15	Un-changed 16		Exclud-ing Do-mestic Treat-ment. 18	Includ-ing Do-mestic Treat-ment. 19	Re-moved from observa tion. 20	Re-maining under - observa-tion. 21	Total. 22
Clothing- Unsatisfactory	6	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	2	-	-	-	67.0	2	1	3	1
Footgear- Unsatisfactory																						-
Cleanliness of Head-
Nits	255	2,522	2,777	-	-	84	-	-	-	84	2,440	2,524	2,523	-	-	1	3. 0	91.0	19	234	253	235
Pediculi	11	255	266	-	-	229	-	-	-	229	34	263	263	-	-	-	86.0	99.0	1	2	3	2
Other dirty conditions	6	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	42.0	-	7	7	7
Cleanliness of Body-
Dirty	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	1	-	-	-	50.0	2	2	4	2
Pediculi	-	2	2			-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	100.0	-.	-	-	-
Flea-bitten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malnutrition.	106	75	181	-	2	123	1	-	1	125	31	156	63	14	5	74	70.0	87.0	12	11	23	85
Nose and Throat-
Enlarged Tonsils	253	433	686	2	42	55	45	1	1	102	-	102	96	-	-	6	160	-	301	239	540	245
Adenoids.	13	58	71	-	3	17	1	-	-	18	-	18	10	-	-	8	26.0	-	13	37	50	45
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids	85	438	523	1	3	263	61	-		324		324	292	-	-	32	62.0		63	132	195	164
Other conditions	53	414	467	-	8	340	6	-	28	374	59	433	355	-	7	71	81.0	94.0	6	20	26	91
Cervical or Neck Glands-
Enlarged (non T.B.)	106	258	364	-	8	147	12	-	18	177	35	212	165	-	1	46	50.0	60.0	47	97	144	143
External Eye Disease-
«/ Blepharitis	36	98	134	-	-	116	1	-	1	118	9	127	93	1	-	33	88.0	95.0	4	3	7	36
Conjunctivitis	13	173	186	-	-	166	1	-	5	172	13	185	180	-	-	5	930	99.0	1	-	1	5
Corneal Opacities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keratitis	1	2	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	-	3	-	2	-	1	100.0	-	-	-	-	1
Other conditions	24	132	156	-	-	133	2	-	-	135	13	148	130	-	1	17	87.0	95.0	5	3	8	20
Ear Diseases-
Chronic Suppuration of
Middle Ear	41	197	238	-	2	197	7	-	5	209	18	227	180	-	5	42	89.0	96.0	2	7	9	49
Defective Hearing	7	25	32	-	1	20	1	-	2	23	1	24	7	6	3	8	7.40	77.0	3	4	7	12
Wax	5	107	112	-	-	110	-	-	-	110	2	112	110	-	-	2	99.0	100.0	-	-	-	2
Other diseases	13	65	78	-	-	58	5	-	3	66	12	78	63	-	-	15	85.0	100.0	-	-	-	15
Heart and Circulation-
Organic Disease	7	4	11	-	1	1	3	-	1	5	-	5	-	1	2	2	50 0	-	4	1	5	3
Functional Disease	16	20	36	-	5	14	3	-	3	20	3	23	6	5	1	11	65.0	74.0	6	2	8	13
Anaemia	16	25	41	-	-	26	1	-	3	30	3	33	13	2	-	18	730	80.0	4	4	8	22
Other conditions	1	4	5	' -	3	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	1	1	1000	-	-	-	-	1
Lungs-
Bronchitis and Bronchial
Catarrh	32	95	127	-	-	46	20	.-	27	93	28	121	101	1	-	19	73.0	95.0	1	5	6	24
Tuberculosis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.B. Suspected	1	10	11	-	5	4	1	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	2	3	83.0	-	-	1	1	4
- Other diseases (non T.B.)	17	11	28	-	-	11	2	i	3	17	1	18	7	1	2	8	61.0	64.0	7	3	10	11
Nervous System-
Epilepsy	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	1
Choiea	4	11	15	-	-	6	5	-	2	13	-	13	7	2	-	4	87.0	.	1	1	2	5
Other conditions	20	21	41	-	2	19	6	I	3	29	3	32	13	8	1	10	74.0	82.0	3	4	7	14
Skin-
Ringworm-Head	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	-	-	1	100.0	-	-	-	-	1
,, Body	-	16	16	-	-	12	-	-	3	15	1	16	12	-	-	4	94.0	100.0	-.	-	-	4
Impetigo	14	349	363	-	-	300	4	2	13	319	37	356	319	-	4	33	88.0	98.0	1	6	7	39
Scabies	14	120	134	-	1	121	5	-	5	131	1	132	126	.-	-	6	98.0	99.0	1	-	1	6
Minor injuries	58	800	858	-	3	800	14	1	3	818	36	854	813	-	4	37	96.0	100.0	-	1	1	38
Other conds. (non T.B.)	296	2,729	3,025	1	8	2,670	19	1	29	2,719	248	2,967	2,642	-	14	311	90.0	98.0	14	35	49	346
Deformities-
Rickets	3	1	4	-	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	50.0	-	-	1	1	2
Spinal Curvature	86	90	176	-	6	108	6	-	3	117	-	117	21	18	21	57	69.0	-	30	23	53	80
Other forms	125	252	377	-	22	248	3	-	2	253	-	253	77	27	49	100	71.0	-	73	29	102	129
Tuberculosis
Non.Pulmonary-
Definite-Glands	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Spine
Hip	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
,, Bones and
Joints	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skin w	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other forms	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Suspected Glands	3	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	330	-	1	1	2	1
,, Bones & Joints	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
,, Other conditions	-	2	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	100.0	-	-	-	-	1
Speech-
Defective Articulation	3	14	17	-	8	2	1	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	1	2	33.0	-	2	4	6	6
Squint-
Squint present	25	126	151	-	9	105	15	-	1	121	-	121	5	76	28	12	85.0	-	11	10	21	22
Vision-
Defect not ascertained	14	87	101	-	36	46	3	-	-	49	-	49	34	1	6	8	75.0	-	5	11	16	19
One eye normal	10	44	54	-	11	27	1	-	-	28	-	28	22		3	3	65.0	-	10	5	•A. 15	8
Both eyes 6/6	2	46	48	-	35	9	-	-	3	12	-	12	10	-	-	2	92.0	-	1	-	1	2
Both eyes 6/9	13	71	84	-	36	38	1	-	1	40	-	40	33	-	2	5	83.0	-	3	5	8	10
One eye 6/9, other 6/12 or less	38	150	188	-	23	112	3	-	5	120	-	120	94	.	6	20	730	-	25	20	45	40
Both eyes 6/12 or less	63	260	323	-	18	195	12	-	18	225	-	225	176	-	8	41	74.0	-	30	50	80	91
Spectacles broken	23	306	329	-	-	299	1	-	17	317	1	318	304	-	-	14	96.0	97.0	3	8	11	22
Spectacles lost.	3	27	30	-	2	25	1	-	-	26	-	26	21	-	-	5	93.0	-	2	-	2	5
Debility	375	784	1,159	1	2	968	13	1	15	997	100	1,097	580	13	21	483	86.0	95.0	30	29	59	512
Miscellaneous.	371	2,409	2,780	1	379	1,656	93	5	120	1,874	422	2,296	1,898	7	39	352	78.0	96.0	35	69	104	421
-Grand Totals	2,694 1	14,158	16,852	7	687	9,933	386	13	344	10,676	3,568	14,244	11,880	188	241	1,935	660	88.0	786	1,128	1,914	3,063

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Re-examinations in respect of Defective Vision, other than Lost and Broken Spectacles, and in respect of other conditions—
No. of cases dealt with 1,983.

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