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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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| Health Centre (1) | Health Centre (2) | Health Centre (3) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Mothers and Children under Five. (2) | School Children (3) | Total. (4) | Mothers and Children under Five. (5) | School Children (6) | Total. (7) | Mothers and Children under Five. (8) | School Children (9) | Total. (10) | Grand Total. (11) |
| 17. Medical Attendances | 17,292 | 16,957 | 34,249 | 41,339 | 17,151 | 58,490 | 38,097 | 33,628 | 71,725 | 164,464 |
| 18. Dental Attendances | 1,163 | 2,081 | 3,244 | 1,656 | 3,565 | 5,221 | 2,933 | 6,679 | 9,612 | 18,077 |
| 19. School for Mothers | 1,757 | - | 1,757 | 1,215 | - | 1,215 | 2,226 | - | 2,226 | 5,198 |
| 20. Nursery Attendances | 2,764 | - | 2,764 | 743 | - | 743 | 1,478 | - | 1,478 | 4,985 |
| 21. Miscellaneous | 10,180 | 4,560 | 14,740 | 6,020 | 5,281 | 11,301 | 4,992 | 4,029 | 9,021 | 35,062 |
| 22. Total | 33,156 | 23,598 | 56,754 | 50,973 | 25,997 | 76,970 | 49,726 | 44,336 | 94,062 | 227,786* |
* In addition 2,244 attendances were made by secondary and technical school children and the following
attendances by adults :—Cleansing 117, Skin Diseases 48, Diphtheria Immunisation 11, Varicose Ulcers
958, making a total of 3,378 which together with the 227,786 above makes a grand total of 231,164.
Table No. 32.
Showing attendances at the Municipal Centres each year since 1913.
| Year. | Mothers and Children under 5 vears. | School Children. | 1 Total. | School for Mothers. | Nursery. | Miscellaneous. | Grand Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical. | Dental. | Total. | Medical. | Dental. | Total. | ||||||
| 1913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 0 | 299 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 299 | |
| 1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,517 | 0 | 2,517 | 2,517 | 0 | 0 | 2,517 | |
| 1915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,674 | 0 | 5,674 | 5,674 | 0 | 0 | 5,674 | |
| 1916 | 389 | 0 | 389 | 9,593 | 0 | 9,593 | 9,982 | 0 | 0 | 9,982 | |
| 1917 | 8,641 | 0 | 8,641 | 9,448 | 0 | 9,448 | 18,089 | 0 | 0 | 18,089 | |
| 1918 | 32,169 | 1,165 | 33,334 | 15,811 | 2,403 | 18,214 | 51,548 | 44 | 220 | 51,812 | |
| 1919 | 32,870 | 878 | 33,748 | 46,179 | 11,024 | 57,203 | 90,951 | 1,089 | 2,814 | 94,854 | |
| 1920 | 51,468 | 1,823 | 53,291 | 64,588 | 10,670 | 75,258 | 128,549 | 2,354 | 3,452 | 134,355 | |
| 1921 | 41,562 | 1,667 | 43,229 | 57,032 | 7,718 | 64,750 | 107,979 | 1,716 | 2,356 | 112,051 | |
| 1922 | 27,505 | 894 | 28,399 | 39,989 | 7,025 | 47,014 | 75,413 | 1,616 | 2,190 | 79,219 | |
| 1923 | 23,271 | 533 | 23,804 | 40,381 | 3,599 | 43,980 | 67,784 | 2,761 | 3,270 | 73,815 | |
| 1924 | 17,082 | 520 | 17,602 | 34,845 | 2,460 | 37,305 | 54,907 | 2,896 | 2,808 | 60,611 | |
| 1925 | 26,119 | 936 | 27,055 | 41,695 | 5,123 | 46,818 | 73,873 | 4,074 | 3,812 | 81,759 | |
| 1926 | 39,084 | 1,491 | 40,575 | 47,786 | 5,909 | 53,695 | 94,270 | 4,126 | 3,645 | 102,041 | |
| 1927 | 40,958 | 1,593 | 42,551 | 47,199 | 6,583 | 53,782 | 96,333 | 3,847 | 3,291 | 103,471 | |
| 1928 | 40,787 | 1,733 | 42,520 | 43,956 | 6,484 | 50,440 | 92,960 | 4,485 | 3,355 | 100,800 | |
| 1929 | 43,419 | 1,598 | 45,017 | 39,698 | 6,307 | 46,005 | 91,022 | 4,523 | 3,446 | 98,991 | |
| 1930 | 59,372 | 2,341 | 61,713 | 49,610 | 10,537 | 60,147 | 121,860 | 5,958 | 5,371 | 133,189 | |
| 1931 | 76,395 | 3,473 | 79,868 | 65,942 | 15,180 | 81,122 | 160,990 | 6,928 | 6,985 | 21,884 | 196,787 |
| 1932 | 84,342 | 4,385 | 88,727 | 67,964 | 16,094 | 84,058 | 172,785 | 6,536 | 6,227 | 28,817 | 214,365 |
| 1933 | 84,782 | 4,791 | 89,573 | 71,587 | 15,652 | 87,239 | 176,812 | 5,297 | 5,268 | 27,256 | 214,633 |
| 1934 | 88,472 | 5,036 | 93,508 | 62,212 | 13,095 | 75,307 | 168,815 | 5,337 | 4,726 | 30,139 | 209,017 |
| 1935 | 92,666 | 5,596 | 98,262 | 63,666 | 12,447 | 76,113 | 174,375 | 5,343 | 5,299 | 32,553 | 217,570 |
| 1936 % | 96,728 | 5,752 | 102,480 | 67,736 | 12,325 | 80,061 | 182,541 | 5,198 | 4,985 | 38,440*| | 231,164 |
*This includes the 2,244 attendances made by Secondary and Technical School children and the
1,134 by adults which are shown in the footnote to Table No. 31.
3 School Children and no children under 5 years of age were treated under the Council's Scheme
by X-rays for Ringworm of the Scalp.
9,898 Individual School Children attended the Municipal Centres during 1936.