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Willesden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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II.—HEALTH CENTRES.
ATTENDANCES.
Table No. 25.
Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at Health Centres, 1938.
| Condition. | Mothers, and Children under Five. | School Children. | Grand Total (Cols. 7 and 8). | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under Five. | Total (Cols. 2—5). | |||||
| 0—1. | 1—5. | Total (Cols. 4 and 5). | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| 1. Cleansing | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 339 | 349 |
| 2. Throat, Nose and Ear Diseases | 2 | 5 | 66 | 1,377 | 1,443 | 1,450 | 11,337 | 12,787 |
| 3. Minor Ailments | 72 | 259 | 1,462 | 3,650 | 5,112 | 5,443 | 39,120 | 44,563 |
| 4. Eye Diseases | 5 | 7 | 266 | 633 | 899 | 911 | 5,228 | 6,139 |
| 5. Skin Diseases | 32 | 53 | 286 | 215 | 501 | 586 | 949 | 1,535 |
| 6. Artificial Sunlight Treatment | — | — | 774 | 3,373 | 4,147 | 4,147 | 5,150 | 9,297 |
| 7. Orthopaedics | 2 | 96 | 452 | 1,850 | 2,302 | 2,400 | 5,089 | 7,489 |
| 8. Medical Consultations | 15,351 | 33,601 | 34,284 | 16,134 | 50,418 | 99,370 | _ | 99,370 |
| 9. Diphtheria Immunisation | — | — | — | 452 | 452 | 452 | 599 | 1,051 |
| 10. Total (1—9) | 15,464 | 34,023 | 37,591 | 27,691 | 65,282 | 114,769 | 67,811 | 182,580 |
| 11. Dental Consultations | 2,467 | 1,785 | _ | 1,013 | 1,013 | 5,265 | 11,541 | 16,806 |
| 12. Total (10—11) | 17,931 | 35,808 | 37,591 | 28,704 | 66,295 | 120,034 | 79,352 | 199,386 |
| 13. School for Mothers | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4,877 | _ | 4,877 |
| 14. Nursery | — | — | — | _ | _ | 4,387 | _ | 4,387 |
| 15. Miscellaneous | — | — | — | — | — | 29,595 | 13,881 | 43,476 |
| 16. Grand Total (12—15) | 17,931 | 35,808 | 37,591 | 28,704 | 66,295 | 158,893 | 93,233 | 252,1261 |
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| Health Centre (1) | Health Centre (2) | Health Centre (3) | Grand Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children | Total. | Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children | Total. | Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children | Total. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| 17. Medical Attendances | 18,589 | 16,849 | 35,438 | 50,855 | 20,218 | 71,073 | 45,325 | 30,744 | 76,069 | 182,580 |
| 18. Dental Attendances | 1,102 | 2,160 | 3,262 | 1,767 | 3,395 | 5,162 | 2,396 | 5,986 | 8,382 | 16,806 |
| 19. School for Mothers | 2,018 | — | 2,018 | 1,273 | — | 1,273 | 1,586 | — | 1,586 | 4,877 |
| 20. Nursery Attendances | 2,438 | — | 2,438 | 910 | — | 910 | 1,039 | — | 1,039 | 4,387 |
| 21. Miscellaneous | 13,238 | 4,255 | 17,493 | 10,034 | 6,081 | 16,115 | 6,323 | 3,545 | 9,868 | 43,476 |
| 22. Total | 37,385 | 23,264 | 60,649 | 64,839 | 29,694 | 94,533 | 56,669 | 40,275 | 96,944 | 252,126* |
* In addition 2,710 attendances were made by secondary and technical school children and the following attendances
by adults:—Cleansing 104, Skin Diseases 65, Diphtheria Immunisation 21, Varicose Ulcers 870, Eye Diseases 1,
and Orthopeadics under Section 181 of the Public Health Act 1936 65, making a total of 3,836 which together
with the 252,126 above makes a grand total of 255,962.