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Willesden 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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HEALTH CENTRES.
ATTENDANCES.
Table No. 11.
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) |
| 1. Cleansing | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2. Throat, Nose and Ear Diseases | - | — | 23 | 324 | 347 | 349 | 3,240 | 3,589 |
| 3. Minor Ailments | 14 | 94 | 847 | 2,370 | 3,217 | 3,325 | 23,040 | 26,365 |
| 4. Eye Diseases | 5 | 13 | 207 | 533 | 740 | 758 | 2,932 | 3,690 |
| 5. Skin Diseases | 5 | 14 | 204 | 117 | 321 | 340 | 547 | 887 |
| 6. Artificial Sunlight Treatment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. Orthopaedics.. | 1 | - 52 | 478 | 867 | 1,345 | 1,398 | 2,133 | 3,53) |
| 8. Medical Consultations | 21,305 | 34 | 36,091 | 10,681 | 46,772 | 102,087 | 18 | 102,705 |
| 9. Diphtheria Immunisations | — | 3 | 521 | 3,265 | 3,786 | 3,789 | 442 | 4,231 |
| 10. Total (1—9) | 21,332 | 34,786 | 38,371 | 18,157 | 56,528 | 112,646 | 32,352 | 144,998 |
| 11. Dental Consultations | 2,718 | 911 | — | 1,591 | 1,591 | 5,220 | 13,698 | 18,918 |
| 12. Total (10—11) | 24,050 | 35,697 | 38,371 | 19,748 | 58,119 | 117,866 | 46,050 | 163,916 |
| 13. School for Mothers.. | 239 | — | — | — | — | 239 | — | 239 |
| 14. Nursery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15. Miscellaneous | — | — | — | — | — | 27,714 | 7,168 | 34,882 |
| 24,289 | 35,697 | 38,371 | 19,748 | 58,119 | 145,819 | 53,218 | 199,037 | |
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| Kilburn Health Centre. | Willesden Health Centre. | Stonebridge Health Centre. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children. | Total. | Mothers and Children under | School Children. | Total. | Mothers and Children under Five. | School Children. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
* In addition the following attendances were made by adults—Cleansing and Treatment of Scabies—0, Skin Diseases—o.
Varicose Ulcers—323 and Orthopaedics under Section 181 of the Public Health Act, 193C—57, making a total of 380, which together
with the 199,037 above makes a grand total of 199,417.
t Includes Princess Road—3,935 as from 1.4.47.