Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following table gives some indication of the physical defects found in the infants making a first attendance at the Welfare Centres during the year:-
Nature of Defect | Under 6 mths. | 6 mths. to 1 year | Age group of child | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1—2 years | 2—3 years | 3—4 years | 4—5 years | |||
Hernia— | ||||||
Umbilical | 82 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - |
Inguinal | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
Phimosis | 81 | 12 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
Hare lip and cleft palate | 3 | — | 1 | - | - | - |
Erbs' paralysis | 2 | — | — | - | - | - |
Conjunctivitis | 56 | 12 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 |
Blepharitis | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Squint | — | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Defects of vision | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 |
1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | - | |
Flat foot | — | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
Bow legs | — | 4 | 17 | 5 | - | - |
Knock knees | — | 1 | 6 | 17 | 9 | - |
Other orthopaedic defects | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Tonsils and Adenoids | 1 | 1 | 23 | 36 | 20 | 30 |
Mouth breathing | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 |
Otorrhoea | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Rhinitis | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Stuttering | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
33 | 21 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 5 | |
Naevus | 36 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Icterus Neonatorum | 3 | — | - | - | - | - |
Enteritis | 57 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 2 | - |
Thrush | 51 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Pyloric Stenosis | 1 | — | - | - | - | - |
Intussusception | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | - |
Rumination | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Prolapsed rectum | — | — | 1 | - | - | - |
Thread worms | - | 1 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 4 |
Enuresis | - | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
- | - | 5 | 11 | 21 | 23 | |
Bronchitis | 25 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Congenital heart disease | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mongolism | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Hydrocephalus | 1 | — | - | — | - | - |
Tuberculosis | - | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Glands in neck | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Arthritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Age at 1st attendance during year | 1087 | 309 | 355 | 259 | 207 | 118 |
Ante-Natal Clinics.—The Ante-Natal Clinics were continued
during 1929 at the Maternity Home on Monday and Saturday
mornings.