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Willesden 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 7.Showing attendances at the Municipal Centres each year since 1913.

Table No. 7.

Showing attendances at the Municipal Centres each year since 1913.

Year.Mothers and Children under 5 years.School Children.Total.School for Mothers.Nursery.Miscellaneous.Grand Total.
Medical.Dental.Total.Medical.Dental.Total.
1913000299029929900299
19140002,51702,5172,517002,517
19150005,67405,6745,674005,674
191638903899,59309,5939,982009,982
19178,64108,6419,44809,44818,0890018,089
191832,1691,16533,33415,8112,40318,21451,5484422051,812
191932,87087833,74846,17911,02457,20390,9511,0892,81494,854
192051,4681,82353,29164,58810,67075,258128,5492,3543,452134,355
192141,5621,66743,22957,0327,71864,750107,9791,7162,356112,051
192227,50589428,39939,9897,02547,01475,4131,6162,19079,219
192323,27153323,80440,3813,59943,98067,7842,7613,27073,815
192417,08252017,60234,8452,46037,30554,9072,8962,80860,611
192526,11993627,05541,6955,12346,81873,8734,0743,81281,759
192639,0841,49140,57547,7865,90953,69594,2704,1263,645102,041
192740,9581,59342,55147,1996,58353,78296,3333,8473,291103,471
192840,7871,73342,52043,9566,48450,44092,9604,4853,355100,800
192943,4191,59845,01739,6986,30746,00591,0224,5233,44698,991
193059,3722,34161,71349,61010,53760,147121,8605,9585,371133,189
193176,3953,47379,86865,94215,18081,122160,9906,9286,98521,884196,787
193284,3424,38588,72767,96416,09484,058172,7856,5366,22728,817214,365
193384,7824,79189,57371,58715,65287,239176,8125,2975,26827,256214,633
193488,4725,03693,50862,21213,09575,307168,8155,3374,72630,139209,017
193592,6665,59698,26263,66612,44776,113174,3755,3435,29932,553217,570
193696,7285,752102,48067,73612,32580,061182,5415,1984,98538,440231,164
1937108,7155,143113,85871,62111,25082,871196,7294,2574,09242,169247,247
1938114,7695,265120,03467,81111,54179,352199,3864,8774,38747,312255,962
1939102,2255,492107,71744,6837,48552,168159,8853,0672,94352,147*218,042

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* This includes the 1,968 attendances made by Secondary and Technical School children and the
911 by adults and others under Section 181 of the Public Health Act, 1936, which are shown in the
footnote to Table No. 6.
1 School Child and 1 Child under 5 years of age were treated under the Council's Scheme
by X-rays for Ringworm of the Scalp.
7,474 Individual Public Elementary School Children attended the Municipal Centres during 1939.
6,640 ,, Children under 5 years of age attended the Municipal Centres during 1939.
2,915 „ Expectant Mothers ,, ,, ,, ,, „ „
3,515 „ Nursing Mothers ,, „ ,, ,, „
SECONDARY AND JUNIOR TECHNICAL, ETC., SCHOOLS.
The arrangement by which the Medical Staff of the Willesden Council carry out the inspection
of pupils attending the Secondary and Technical Schools in Willesden, on behalf of the Middlesex
County Council has been continued. The total number of pupils on the rolls of the Secondary and
Technical Schools in Willesden now included in this arrangement is approximately 3,000.
School Medical Inspection was discontinued as from 19th May, 1939, as stated on page 6.
349 medical examinations and 250 re-examinations of Secondary and Technical School pupils
were carried out during the year 1939.
93 medical defects were found amongst the scholars examined. Parents and Head Teachers
are notified of defects and are advised as to the action to be taken.
The Middlesex County Council's scheme of treatment of scholars suffering from defective vision
at the Willesden Council's Health Centres, and also that of dental inspection and treatment by the
Council's dental staff, have also been continued. 1,841 pupils were dentally inspected during the year,
1,265 were found to require treatment and 432 were treated at the Willesden Council's Dental Clinics.
1,968 attendances were made at the Clinics during the year for Medical and Dental Treatment.