Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 9.
Medical and Dental Treatment— Attendances at Municipal Health Centres, 1942.
| 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 | ||||||
| — | — | |||||||
| 22 | ||||||||
| — | ||||||||
| 6. Artifioial Sunlight Treatment | -_ | -_ | — | -_ | -_ | -_ | — | — |
| — | ||||||||
| — | — | 2,333 | ||||||
| - | ||||||||
| — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | |||||
Table No. 9.
Medical and Dental Treatment— Attendances at Municipal Health Centres, 1942.
| Kilburn Health Centre. | Willesden Health Centre. | Stonebridge Health Centre. | 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. | ||
| -_ | — | -_ | -_ | - | _- | - | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
* In addition 965 attendances were made by secondary and technical school children and the following attendances by adults :
Cleansing and treatment of Scabies 2,375, Skin Diseases 23, Diphtheria Immunisation 9, Varicose Ulcers 485 and Orthopaedics under
Section 181 of the Public Health Act, 1936, 96, making a total of 3,953, which, together with the 184,934 above, makes a grand
total of 188,887.
Table No. 10.
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. | ||||||
| 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 |
| 1937 | 108,715 | 5,143 | 113,858 | 71,621 | 11,250 | 82,871 | 196,729 | 4,257 | 4,092 | 42,169 | 247,247 |
| 1938 | 114,769 | 5,265 | 120,034 | 67,811 | 11,541 | 79,352 | 199,386 | 4,877 | 4,387 | 47,312 | 255,962 |
| 1939 | 102,225 | 5,492 | 107,717 | 44,683 | 7,485 | 52,168 | 159,885 | 3,067 | 2,943 | 52,147 | 218,042 |
| 1940 | 79,306 | 5,000 | 84,306 | 16,017 | 4,117 | 20,134 | 104,440 | — | 50,841 | 155,281 | |
| 1941 | 71,557 | 4,445 | 76,002 | 22,576 | 3,585 | 26,161 | 102,163 | — | — | 44,202* | 146,365 |
| 1942 | 88,644 | 5,839 | 94,483 | 37,974 | 5,474 | 43,448 | 137,931 | — | — | 50,956† | 188,887 |