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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Pupils Requiring Treatment
Group | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total individual pupils | |
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Entrants | 5 | 172 | 176 | |
2nd age group | 102 | 146 | 240 | |
3rd age group | 136 | 95 | 226 | |
Other periodic inspections | 127 | 189 | 310 | |
Totals : | 1955 | 370 | 602 | 952 |
1954 | 509 | 1,068 | 1,527 |
Minor Ailments
1955 | 1954 | |
---|---|---|
Diseases of skin : | ||
Ringworm (i) Scalp | — | 1 |
(ii) Body | 1 | — |
Scabies | — | — |
Impetigo | 99 | 71 |
Other | 318 | 475 |
Miscellaneous minor ailments | 283 | 1,267 |
Nervous | 38 | 31 |
Digestive | 6 | 24 |
Respiratory | 247 | 380 |
Skeletal | 67 | 113 |
Circulatory | 5 | 28 |
Infectious diseases | 2 | 2 |
Pyrexia | 1 | 8 |
Ductless Glands | 4 | 4 |
Psychogenic | 39 | 46 |
Helminthiasis | 8 | 21 |
Developmental | 10 | 19 |
Excretory | 1 | 3 |
Debility | 224 | 276 |
Colds and rheumatism | 47 | 130 |
Minor injuries | 483 | 604 |
Miscellaneous surgical | 35 | 16 |
Miscellaneous | 38 | 196 |
TOTALS | 1,538 | 3,720 |
Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint
No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
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1955 | 1954 | |
External and other (excluding errors of refraction and squint) | 40 | 120 |
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1,268 | 1,432 |
No. of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed | 637 | 694 |
Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
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1955 | 1954 | |
Received operative treatment for (a) Diseases of the ear | — | 3 |
(b) Adenoids and chronic tonsillitis | 164 | 568 |
(c) Other nose and throat conditions | 3 | 45 |
Received other forms of treatment | 116 | 292 |