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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Minor Ailments
1953 | 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | |
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Diseases of skin: | |||||
Ringworm (i) Scalp | — | — | 1 | 8 | 3 |
(ii) Body | — | — | 1 | 11 | 7 |
Scabies | — | 4 | 15 | 23 | 40 |
Impetigo | 36 | 20 | 33 | 48 | 63 |
Other | 519 | 473 | 539 | 224 | 491 |
Miscellaneous Minor Ailments | 1,782 | 2,171 | 3,282 | 3,438 | |
Nervous | 8 | — | — | 1 | |
Digestive | 30 | 51 | 33 | 3 | |
Respiratory | 503 | 236 | 114 | 638 | |
Skeletal | 79 | 1 | 2 | — | |
Circulatory | 99 | 8 | 11 | 264 | |
Infectious Diseases | — | — | — | — | |
Pyrexia | 1 | — | 5 | — | |
Ductless Glands | 6 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 6,331 |
Psychogenic | 15 | 38 | 15 | 129 | |
Helminthiasia | 35 | 18 | 38 | 5 | |
Developmental | 17 | — | — | — | |
Excretory | 4 | — | — | — | |
Debilitv | 212 | 928 | 452 | — | |
Colds and Rheumatism | 233 | 247 | 326 | 16 | |
Minor Injuries | 230 | 674 | 342 | 160 | |
Miscellaneous Surgical | 12 | 332 | 163 | — | |
Miscellaneous | 1.075 | 871 | 976 | 737 | |
TOTALS | 4,896 | 6,108 | 6,390 | 5,719 | 6,935 |
Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint
No. of Cases dealt with during the year | |||||
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1953 | 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | |
External and other (excluding Errors of Refraction and Squint) | 48 | 81 | 121 | 197 | 359 |
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 1,317 | 308 | 292 | 271 | 395 |
No. of Pupils for whom Spectacles were prescribed | 598 | 132 | 176 | 240 | 205 |
Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
No. of Cases dealt with during the year | |||||
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1953 | 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | |
Received operative treatment for (a) Diseases of the Ear | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
(b) Adenoids and Chronic Tonsillitis | 341 | 94 | 219 | 218 | 45 |
(c) Other Nose and Throat Conditions | 6 | — | — | — | 18 |
Received other forms of Treatment | 148 | — | 2 | 23 | 4 |