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Willesden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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T able N o. 39. —Corresponding to Table II. of the Board of Education's Medical Statistical Tables. A.—R eturn of D efects F ound by M edical I nspection in the Y ear E nded 31 st D ecember, 1938.
| Defect or Disease. (1) | Routine Inspections. | Special Inspections. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Defects. | Number of Defects. | ||||||||||||
| Requiring treatment. (2) | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. (3) | Requiring treatment. (4) | Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment. (5) | ||||||||||
| Secondary Schools. | Junior Technical, etc., Schools. | Total. | Secondary Schools. | Junior Technical, etc., Schools. | Total. | Secondary Schools. | Junior Technical, etc., Schools. | Total. | Secondary Schools. | Junior Technical, etc., Schools. | Total. | ||
| Skin | (1) Ringworm-scalp | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (2) „ Body | |||||||||||||
| (3) Scabies | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| (4) Impetigo | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| (5) Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Total (Heads 1 to 5) | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Eye | (6) Blepharitis | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| (7) Conjunctivitis | |||||||||||||
| (8) Keratitis | |||||||||||||
| (9) Corneal Opacities | |||||||||||||
| (10) Other conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total (Heads 6 to 10) | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| (11) Defective Vision (excluding Squint) | 48 | 80 | 128 | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| (12) Squint | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Ear | (13) Defective Hearing | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (14) Otitis Media | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| (15) Other Ear Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Nose and Throat | (16) Chronic Tonsillitis only | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| (17) Adenoids only | — | — | |||||||||||
| (18) Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids | |||||||||||||
| (19) Other Conditions | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| (20) Enlarged Cervical Glands (Non-Tuberculous) | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| (21) Defective Speech | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Heart and Circulation | Heart Disease:- | ||||||||||||
| (22) Organic | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| (23) Functional | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| (24) Anaemia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Lungs | (25) Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases | — | ||||||||||||
| Tuber culosis | Pulmonary:— | ||||||||||||
| (27) Definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| (28) Suspected | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Non-Pulmonary:— | |||||||||||||
| (29) Glands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| (30) Bones and Joints | |||||||||||||
| (31) Skin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| (32) Other Forms | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Total (Heads 29 to 32) | |||||||||||||
| Nervous System | (33) Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| (34) Chorea | |||||||||||||
| (35) Other Conditions | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Deformities | (36) Rickets | ||||||||||||
| (37) Spinal Curvature | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||
| (38) Other Forms (e.g., Flatfoot) | 33 | 11 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| Postural Curvature (e.g., Round Shoulders) | 18 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) | 11 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Grand Total | 130 | 121 | 251 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Dental Diseases | 93 | 15 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |