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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Table 89
Main Symptoms | Cases |
---|---|
Behaviour problems (aggressiveness, etc.) | 20 |
Stealing | 20 |
Enuresis | 13 |
Psychomatic disorders | 7 |
Truancy | 6 |
Anxiety (including night terrors) | 5 |
Failure to progress at school | 3 |
Speech difficulties | 2 |
Habit Spasms | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Total number referred in 1958 | 80 |
RHEUMATISM
Table 90
Clinic—Attendances
Total attendances | History of rheumatism | Dampness in home | Social Groups IV and V |
---|---|---|---|
23 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
Table 91
Rheumatism Treatment
Referred to Minor Ailments | 1 |
Referred to Orthopædic Specialists | 1 |
Referred to General Practitioner | 2 |
Medicaments and Vitamins given | 2 |
Still attending for observation | 10 |
Discharged fit and symptom free | 8 |
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE
Table 92
Inspection and Treatment
(a)
Age Groups | Inspected | Required Treatment | Referred for Treatment | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | ||
Under 5 | 81 | 71 | 48 | 49 | 32 | 45 | |
5—16 | 16,953 | 17,479 | 11,503 | 12,166 | 10,203 | 11,737 | |
Specials | 1,457 | 1,594 | 1,329 | 1,421 | 1,278 | 1,411 | |
Totals | 18,491 | 19,144 | 12,880 | 13,636 | 11,613 | 13,193 |