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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

Lewisham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Child Welfare Clinic.

Child Welfare Clinic.

Classification of Cases.No.Totals.
Consultations on Feeding and Management52725272
Functional Disorders and Diseases of the Alimentary System—
Tongue-tie4
Dental Caries85
Disorders of Dentition83
Buccal Polypus1
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids19
Mumps1
Thrush17
Gingivitis1
Tonsillitis12
Stomatitis12
Dyspepsia227
Gastro-Enteritis19
Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh65
Ileo-Colitis8
Catarrhal Jaundice1
Constipation189
Marasmus2
Prolapse of Rectum2
Fissure in Ano1
Hernia (Inguinal—Single)3
Hernia (Umbilical)21
Thread Worms25
Round Worms3
801
Diseases of the Respiratory System—
Nasal Catarrh55
Pertussis13
Influenza2
Bronchitis440
Broncho-Pneumonia2
Asthma4
516
Functional Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System—
Habit Spasm3
Night Terrors1
Backward Child2
Paraplegia1
Convulsions4
Epilepsy1
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis1
Angio-Neurotic Oedema1
14