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Finsbury 1925

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925

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Children aged 1 to 5 years:
The following attendances were made:-
For general advice 454, general inspection 27, cough 316, constipation
39, diarrhoea 57, anaemia 127, debility 66, malnutrition
106, blepharitis 15, eczema 23, ringworm 8, adenitis 21, digestive
disturbance 11, bad teeth 5, pyrexia 3, abscess 4, otorrhoea 9,
tuberculous peritonitis 4, broncho-pneumonia 4, herpes and rickets 2,
marasmus 2, whooping cough 4, coryza 17, adenitis, impetigo, and
otorrhoea 1, pneumonia 2, cough and diarrhoea 2, herpes 5, impetigo
41, enlarged tonsils and adenoids 15, worms 15, rickets 32, hernia 7,
stomatitis and diarrhoea 2, phimosis 4, acute tonsilitis 2, rash 12,
squint 1, conjunctivitis 10, stomatitis 5, chilblains 2, injury to foot 1,
measles 1, club foot 1, stitch abscess 2, chicken pox 1, scarlet fever 1,
melaena 1, burns 2, alopoecia 1, urticaria 4, rheumatism 1, injury to
eye 1, thrush 3, dermatitis 3, pemphigus 6, diarrhoea and vomiting 5,
septic toe 1, rhinorrhoea 3, furunculosis 2.
The following recommendations to hospital were made:—
Otorrhoea 3, rickets 10, pyrexia 1, adenitis 3, ringworm 1,
pneumonia 2, enlarged tonsils 9, malnutrition 1, marasmus 1,
whooping cough 3, chicken pox 2, phimosis 2, acute tonsilitis 1,
squint 1, conjunctivitis 3, septic toe 1, injury to eye 1, hernia 2,
rheumatism 1, diarrhoea and vomiting 2, melaena 1, abscess 1,
scarlet fever 1, club foot 1, measles 1.
Mothers, expectant:
General advice 21, constipation 8, cough 4, dental caries 5,
rheumatoid arthritis 3, cracked nipples 1, toxaemial dyspepsia 3,
haemoptysis 1, varicose veins 3, pruritis 1, diarrhoea 2, neuralgia 1,
anaemia 3, debility 2, albuminuria 1.
The following recommendations to hospital were made:Nasal
obstruction 1, dyspepsia 1, haemoptysis 1, varicose veins
1, albuminuria 1.
Mothers, nursing:
Iridocyclitis 2, abscess 2, anaemia 28, debility 29, general advice
27, menorrhagia 10, pleurisy 1, constipation 7, rheumatoid arthritis
2, dental caries 7, sacralgia 3, incomplete abortion 2, neuralgia 4,