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Willesden 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1946
Pages
24
Tables
29

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29 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    Table No. 1.
    Number of Cases Notified.No. of Notified Cases Confirmed.
    194419451945
  • Page 2
    Diphtheria Immunisation.–The number of children who have completed a full course of immunisation since 1941 under the Council's scheme is as follows:— Table No. 2.
    Children under 5 years.Children 5 years of age and over but under 15 years.Total.
  • Page 4
    Tuberculosis.—The following table shows the number of cases of Tuberculosis on the register at the end of each year 1938-1945:— Table No. 3. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis on Register at end of Year.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 4
    Table No. 4.
    Health Centre Attendances.
    Total attendances of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years of age.Attendances of Expectant Mothers at Ante-Natal Clinics only.
  • Page 4
    During 1945, 438 applicants for confinement in the Willesden Maternity Hospital were unable to be booked for the reasons set out below:— Table No. 5.—Applications for Booking Refused.
  • Page 5
    The following table shows the domiciliary and institutional confinements Table No. 6.
    Years.Domiciliary Births attended by Midwives.Domiciliary Births attended by Doctors.Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.Total Births notified. (N ote—Notified not registered.)
  • Page 8
    HEALTH CENTRES. ATTENDANCES. Table No. 7. Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at Municipal Health Centres, 1945.
    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)
  • Page 9
    Table No. 8. 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.
  • Page 9
    Table No. 9. Number of Individual Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children who Attended the Municipal Health Centres in 1945.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 10. Treatment of Scabies and Lice at the Treatment Clinic, 1945.
    No. of New Cases Treated.Total No. of Attendances Made.
    For Scabies.For Lice and Nits.Total.For Scabies.For Lice and Nits.Total.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 11. Percentage of Children examined found Unclean at Routine Cleanliness Inspections.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 12. Percentage of Individual Children examined found Unclean at Routine Cleanliness Inspections.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 13. Total Number of Individual School Children Cleansed at the Authority's Clinics.
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    Table No. 14. Number of Cases of Scabies amongst School Children Treated at the Authority's Clinics.
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    Table No. 15. Attendances of Adults at the Authority's Clinics for Cleansing and Scabies.
    Number Treated.Attendances.
    Scabies.Lice and Nits.Total.Scabies.Lice and Nits.Total.
    Men.Women.Men.Women.
  • Page 11
    Analysis.
    CentreMaternity and Child WelfarePupils, Elementary SchoolsSecondary SchoolsTotalNumber of SessionsAverage Attendance per Session
  • Page 11
    Refractions.
    CentreAppointments MadeAppointments KeptPercentage Attendance
  • Page 12
    Table No. 16.
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    Other furniture found to be verminous has either been left in rooms under sulphur dioxide or, in bad cases has been treated in hydrogen-cyanide vans by a private firm.
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    Table No. 18. Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1945.
    Meat:TotalsTotals
  • Page 13
    PUBLIC MORTUARY. During 1945 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary as follows :— Table No. 19.
    From Willesden.From Acton.Total.
  • Page 16
    T able No. 20.
    Diseases.No. in Hospital on 1-1-45.Admitted.Total under Treatment.Discharged Recovered, or Transferred.Died.Mortality per cent.Remaining in Hospital on 31-12-15
  • Page 17
    Table No. 21
    Nature of Examination.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total.
  • Page 17
    Table No. 22.
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    Table No. 23.
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    TABLES DEALING WITH THE WORK ON SCHOOL CHILDREN DURING THE YEAR. Dental Inspection and Treatment. 1. Number of children who were inspected by the dentist:
    (a) Routine age groupsChildren attending Public Elementary Schools.Children attending Special Schools.
  • Page 21
    RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DENTAL DEFECTS REFERRED FOR FOLLOWING-UP, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH REMEDIAL MEASURES WERE CARRIED OUT DURING 1945 AT HEALTH VISITOR'S LAST VISIT. Total number of defects coming under observation during 1945:—
    Children attending Public Elementary Schools.Children attending Special Schools.
  • Page 22
    1. Number of pupils who were inspected by the dentist :
    Willesden Secondary Schools.Willesden Junior Technical etc. Schools.Total.
  • Page 23
    Further details of the vear's work are given in the table below.
    E.M.N.M.0-5Total