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Willesden 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1948
Pages
28
Tables
37

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37 tables in this report

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    Table No. 1.
    Number of Cases Notified.No. of Notified Cases Confirmed.
    194619471947
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    Diphtheria Immunisation .—The number of children who have completed a full course of immunisation since 1942 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.
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    Table No. 3.
    Age. NotificationsPercentageAgeConfirmed CasesPercentage
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    Table No . 4. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis on Register at end of Year.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    The following table shows the total attendances of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years of age at the Municipal Health Centres since 1938:— Table No. 5.
    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.
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    Table No . 6.—A pplications for Booking Refused.
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    Table No . 7.
    Years.Domiciliary Births attended by Midwives.Domiciliary Births attended by Doctors.Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.Total Births notified. (Note—Notified not registered.)
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    Table No. 8.
    PeriodWhole timePart timeEquivalent to whole time
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    Number and Type of Cases Dealt With .—The number of applicants and type of cases dealt with are as follows : Table No . 9.
    PeriodNumber of Applications receivedActually-helpedNot helped for various reasons
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    Table No. 10.— Assessment of the 170 Cases.
    No. of CasesAssessment
    s.d.
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    Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at Municipal Health Centres , 1947.
    Condition.Mothers and Children under Five.Total (Cols. 2-5).School Children.Grand Total (Cols. 7 and 8).
    Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under Five.
    0—1.1—5.Total (Cols. 4 and 5).
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
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    continued from previous page
    Kilburn Health Centre.Willesden Health Centre.Stonebridge Health Centre.
    Mothers and Children under Five.School Children.Total.Mothers and Children underSchool Children.Total.Mothers and Children under Five.School Children.Total.Grand Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)
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    Table No . 12. Showing Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres each yeah since 1913.
    Year.Mothers and Children under 5 years.School Children.Total.School for Mothers, Talks to Mothers.Nursery.Miscellaneous.Grand Total.
    Medical.1 Dental.Total.Medical.Dental.Total.
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    Table No . 13. Number of Individual Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children who Attended the Municipal Health Centres in 1947.
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    Table No . 14. Treatment of Scabies and Lice at the Treatment Clinic , 1947.
    No. of New Cases Treated.Total No. of Attendances Made.
    For Scabies.For Lice and Nits.Total.For Scabies.For Lice and Nits.Total.
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    Table No . 15. Percentage of Children examined found Unclean at Routine Cleanliness Inspections.
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    Table No . 16. Percentage of Individual Children examined found Unclean at Routine Cleanliness Inspections.
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    Table No. 1/. Total Number of Individual School Children Cleansed at the Authority's Clinics.
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    Table No . 18. Number of Cases of Scabies amongst School Children Treated at the Authority's Clinics.
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    Tabi.e No. 19. 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.
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    Analysis.
    Health CentreMaternity and Child WelfareSchool ChildrenTotalNumber of SessionsAverage Attendance
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    Refractions.
    Health CentreWithout MydriaticWith MydriaticPercentage Attendance
    Appointments MadeAppointments Kept
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    Tablf No. 20. Inspections, 1947.
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    Bedding materials found to be verminous have been disinfested in the steam disinfector at the Isolation Hospital
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    Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption , 1947
    Meat:TotalsTotals
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    Table No 23 Factories with Mechanical Power
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    PUBLIC MORTUARY During 1947 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary as follows :— Table No 24
    From WillesdenFrom ActonTotal
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    OTHER DISEASES, 1947
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    Table No 25
    DiseasesNo in Hospital on 31-12-46AdmittedTotal under TreatmentDischarged Recovered, or TransferredDiedMortality per centRemaining in Hospital on 31-12-47
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    Table No 26 Specimens Examined for 1947
    JanFebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSepOctNovDecTotals
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    Table No 27 Positive Results
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    Table No. 28. Statistical Details of the 1,256 Cases dealt with during 1947.
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    Table No. 29. Number of Midwives who gave Notice of their Intention to Practise in Willesden in 1946-17 respectively
    19461947
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    Table No 30—Number of Cases Attended by Midwives Practising and Living in Willesden during 1947
    No of CasesAttendedEmergency callsCancelled cases
    As MidwifeAs Maternity Nurse
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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:School ChildrenSpecial Schools ChildrenTotal
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    RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF DENTAL DEFECTS REFERRED FOR FOLLOWING-UP, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH REMEDIAL MEASURES WERE CARRIED OUT DURING 1947 AT HEALTH VISITOR'S LAST VISIT.
    Total number of defects coming under observation during 1947:—School ChildrenSpecial Schools ChildrenTotal
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    A summary of the work done is given in the table below.
    E.M.N.M.0-5Total