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Willesden 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 9.Showing Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres each year since 1913.

Table No. 9.

Showing Attendances at the Municipal Health 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
1939102,2255,492107,71744,6837,48552,168159,8853,0672,94352,147218,042
194079,3065,00084,30616,0174,11720,134104,440——50,841155,281
194171,5574,44576,00222,5763,58526,161102,163——44,202146,365
194288,6445,83994,48337,9745,47443,448137,931——50,956188,887
194396,7374,948101,68540,3147,57547,889149,574—55,9881205,562

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*This includes the 3,210 attendances made by Secondary and Technical School children and the 3738 by adults and
others under Section 181 of the Public Health Act, 1936, which are shown in the footnote of Table No. 8.
In 1943, three School Children and one Child under 5 years of age were treated under the Council's Scheme
by X-rays for Ringworm of the Scalp.

Table: Table No. 10.Number of Individuals who Attended the Municipal Health Centres in 1943.

Table No. 10.

Number of Individuals who Attended the Municipal Health Centres in 1943.

Public Elementary School Children7,705
Children under 5 years of age6,067
Expectant Mothers3,632
Nursing Mothers3,364

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PRINCESS ROAD CENTRE
808 attendances were made by Children under 1 year of age at the Medical Consultation Sessions in 1943,
261 by Children 1-5 years of age and 778 by Nursing Mothers, or a total of 1,847,
UNCLEANLINESS AND SCABIES.
In January, 1940, the Ministry of Health issued a Memorandum on Scabies (Memo. 229/Med.) and a
Memorandum on the Louse and how to deal with it (Memo. 230/Med.). Circular 1942 accompanying these
memoranda stated that the memoranda briefly summarised the principal advice which would aid Local Authorities
in making provision for preventing and curing these conditions and for securing the treatment and disinfestation of
the members of households among whom pediculosis or scabies had been found to exist.
In March, 1941, the Ministry of Health and Board of Education issued a joint circular—No. 2306 Ministry
of Health and 1544 Board of Education—on Infestation by Lice with the view of emphasising the importance of a
continued and extended campaign for the abolition of lice, a memorandum on the Incidence of Lice being enclosed.
The circular required medical officers to report as to the incidence of lousiness in the area and as to the educative
and administrative measures which in their view could most effectively be taken to deal with the problem.
In November, 1941, the Ministry of Health issued a further circular—Circular 2517 on Scabies—enclosing
the Scabies Order, 1941, made by the Minister of Health under Regulation 33A of the Defence (General) Regulations,
1939. This Order came into force on 28th October, 1941, and its provisions apply to persons suffering from scabies
or in a verminous condition. It gives the Medical Officer of Health power on becoming aware of such a person to
inspect any premises in which that person is or has recently been accommodated, to require the examination of any
person who is or has recently been accommodated in the premises, and if necessary to require such person to submit
to cleansing or treatment.