London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 70
Individual Pupils found at periodical Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
| Year of birth (1) | For defective vision (Excluding squint) (2) | For any of the other conditions in table (3) | Total individual pupils (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 and later | - | - | - | |
| 1955 | 11 | 60 | 71 | |
| 1954 | 7 | 50 | 57 | |
| 1953 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| 1952 | 59 | 77 | 135 | |
| 1951 | 13 | 14 | 27 | |
| 1950 | 54 | 77 | 127 | |
| 1949 | 27 | 40 | 67 | |
| 1948 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |
| 1947 | 19 | 25 | 40 | |
| 1946 | 37 | 57 | 91 | |
| 1945 and earlier | 58 | 90 | 147 | |
| Totals | 1960 | 300 | 520 | 807 |
| 1959 | 347 | 533 | 857 | |
Table 71
Defects Found by Medical Inspection
| * | Periodic inspections | Special inspections | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | ||||
| Skin | 7 | 46 | 41 | 66 | 20 | 104 | 68 | 216 | 209 | 23 | |||
| Eyes | (a) Vision | 28 | 33 | 92 | 117 | 190 | 303 | 310 | 453 | 34 | 6 | ||
| (b) Squint | 11 | 24 | — | 8 | 18 | 44 | 29 | 76 | — | 1 | |||
| (c) Other | 4 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 48 | 44 | 84 | 43 | 8 | |||
| Ears | (a) Hearing | 4 | 44 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 25 | 116 | 56 | 21 | ||
| (b) Otitis media | 4 | 56 | 2 | 9 | — | 39 | 6 | 104 | 4 | 2 | |||
| (c) Other | — | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 37 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Nose and throat | 16 | 277 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 200 | 40 | 509 | 35 | 8 | |||
| Speech | 24 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 52 | 89 | 64 | 5 | |||
| Lymphatic glands | 4 | 93 | — | 5 | 1 | 96 | 5 | 194 | — | — | |||
| Heart | 2 | 31 | — | 7 | 7 | 38 | 9 | 76 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Lungs | 4 | 60 | — | 14 | 6 | 71 | 10 | 145 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Developmental | (a) Hernia | 1 | 19 | — | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 1 | — | ||
| (b) Other | 1 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 95 | 11 | 157 | 6 | 17 | |||
| Orthopaedic | (a) Posture | 6 | 29 | 20 | 41 | 48 | 103 | 74 | 173 | 1 | 7 | ||
| (b) Feet | 10 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 60 | 93 | 106 | 169 | 2 | 9 | |||
| (c) Other | 6 | 66 | 17 | 33 | 20 | 73 | 43 | 172 | 25 | 7 | |||
| Nervous system | (a) Epilepsy | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||
| (b) Other | 1 | 8 | — | 7 | — | 14 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Psychological | (a) Development | — | 11 | — | 8 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 86 | 10 | 3 | ||
| (b) Stability | 2 | 130 | 3 | 74 | 15 | 255 | 20 | 459 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Abdomen | — | 14 | — | 10 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 56 | — | 1 | |||
| Other | 187 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 271 | 131 | 508 | 227 | 167 | 11 | |||
| Totals | 1960 | 323 | 1,167 | 297 | 570 | 760 | 1,938 | 1,380 | 3,675 | 703 | 160 | ||
| 1959 | 327 | 1,040 | 353 | 666 | 661 | 1,802 | 1,341 | 3,508 | 965 | 462 | |||
* (a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation.