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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
Bromley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Clinic Treatments of Children under 5 Years, and Mothers.
| (a) Children under. 5 Years. | No. of cases treated. |
|---|---|
| Tonsil and Adenoid Clinic | 21 |
| Eye Clinic | 54 |
| Dental Clinic | 153 |
| Minor Ailments | 76 |
| Orthopaedic Clinic: At the Special Clinic | 56 |
| Hospital—in-patient treatment | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum—Hospital treatment | 3 |
| (b) Mothers. | |
| Dental Clinic | 65 |
| Maternity— Assisted Hospital Scheme | |
| Other hospital | 16 |
Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum)
Regulations, 1926.
Under these Regulations five cases were notified
during 1938, of whom three received hospital treatment.
All cases cleared up with vision unimpaired.
Epidemic Diarrhoea.
The epidemic of Sonne's Bacillus Dysentry fortu-
nately abated in 1938, following the widespread infec-
tion throughout the country in 1937. Twelve cases were
notified early in 1938, which included five children under
five years of age, and happily mortality among cases
absent. Four deaths from Diarrhœa appear in the
classification of causes of death (Table III in the
appendix), three of whom were children under two years
of age and one was classified as two years and over.