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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 67
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 and later | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 1956 | 14 | 98 | 103 |
| 1955 | 8 | 77 | 85 |
| 1954 | 15 | 35 | 50 |
| 1953 | 75 | 87 | 155 |
| 1952 | 12 | 31 | 41 |
| 1951 | 68 | 98 | 158 |
| 1950 | 34 | 45 | 78 |
| 1949 | 21 | 15 | 35 |
| 1948 | 26 | 41 | 64 |
| 1947 | 34 | 45 | 75 |
| 1946 and earlier | 104 | 213 | 300 |
| Totals: 1961 | 414 | 805 | 1,167 |
| 1960 | 300 | 520 | 807 |
Table 68
Defects Found by Medical Inspection
| Periodic inspections | Special inspections | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | ||||
| Skin | 16 | 70 | 58 | 103 | 36 | 114 | 110 | 287 | 62 | 60 | |||
| Eyes | (a) Vision | 29 | 46 | 142 | 232 | 243 | 314 | 414 | 592 | 36 | 38 | ||
| (b) Squint | 16 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 55 | 35 | 105 | - | 3 | |||
| (c) Other | 5 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 22 | 69 | 5 | 14 | |||
| Ears | (a) Hearing | 12 | 70 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 82 | 49 | 183 | 46 | 54 | ||
| (b) Otitis media | 10 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 19 | 92 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| (c) Other | 7 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 62 | 37 | - | 15 | |||
| Nose and throat | 38 | 296 | 13 | 45 | 26 | 211 | 77 | 552 | 7 | 34 | |||
| Speech | 37 | 46 | - | 6 | 19 | 61 | 56 | 115 | 24 | 29 | |||
| Lymphatic glands | 2 | 116 | - | 7 | 3 | 94 | 5 | 217 | - | - | |||
| Heart | 2 | 38 | - | 21 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 100 | - | 4 | |||
| Lungs | 6 | 89 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 70 | 9 | 182 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Developmental | (a) Hernia | 4 | 17 | - | 5 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 38 | - | 7 | ||
| (b) Other | 1 | 56 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 101 | 10 | 171 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Orthopaedic | (a) Posture | 15 | 41 | 47 | 43 | 57 | 109 | 119 | 193 | - | 8 | ||
| (b) Feet | 29 | 50 | 59 | 55 | 81 | 127 | 169 | 232 | 7 | 17 | |||
| (c) Other | 3 | 52 | 18 | 66 | 23 | 90 | 44 | 208 | 2 | 23 | |||
| Nervous system | (a) Epilepsy | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 17 | - | - | ||
| (b) Other | - | 5 | 3 | 7 | - | 15 | 3 | 27 | - | 9 | |||
| Psychological | (a) Development | 1 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 6 | 76 | - | 30 | ||
| (b) Stability | - | 203 | - | 122 | 3 | 302 | 3 | 627 | - | 22 | |||
| Abdomen | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Other | 132 | 36 | 50 | 34 | 251 | 85 | 433 | 155 | 65 | 90 | |||
| Totals | 1961 | 366 | 1,399 | 424 | 887 | 870 | 2,054 | 1,660 | 4,340 | 262 | 493 | ||
| 1960 | 323 | 1,167 | 297 | 570 | 760 | 1,938 | 1,380 | 3,675 | 703 | 160 | |||
* (a) Requiring treatment (b) Requiring observation.