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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
Bethnal Green 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Diagnosis | Cases | Improved | Lapsed | Removed | No change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delayed Development | 29 | 12 | n | 6 | — |
| Debility after | 104 | 44 | 46 | 9 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | ||||
| Measles | 17 | ||||
| *Bronchitis | 15 | ||||
| Broncho Pneumoni | a | 12 | |||
| with Cervical Adenitis | 6 | ||||
| ,, Nervous Tension | 6 | ||||
| Rickets | 123 | 83 | 58 | 13 | 1 |
| *Coughs and Colds | 29 | ||||
| Anaemia | 6 | ||||
| Nervous Tension | 5 | ||||
| *Bronchitis | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| Skin Eruptions | 10 | 4 | 6 | — | — |
| Styes | |||||
| Impetigo | |||||
| Urticaria | |||||
| Eczema | |||||
| Debility after Confinement | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Failing Breast Milk | 10 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| *Also received Inhalation treatment. | |||||
DENTAL CLINIC.
Two sessions per week are held in connection with,
the Dental Clinic, one conducted by Miss J. H. M.
Sutherland, L.D.S.(R.C.S.) and the other by Mr. F.
Reginald Bate, L.D.S.(R.C.S.).
Miss Sutherland reports on her work during the year as follows:—
| Sessions held | 46 of which 14 were Gas Sessions and 7 partly devoted to routine inspections of children of 3 and 4 years of age. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Children. | Mothers. | |||
| Brought forward from 1931 | 38 | 18 | 20 | ||
| New cases | 151 | 84 | 67 | ||
| Routine Inspection | 22 | 22 | — | ||
| Subsequent attendances | 337 | 115 | 222 | ||
| Total | 510 | ||||
| Average attendance | 11 | ||||
| Gas administrations | 124 | 48 | 76 | ||
| Extractions 641 | 254 Temp. teeth. | 76 | 53 | ||
| 387 Perm. teeth. | |||||