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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The attendances at the Clinic are shown in the following table :—
| Number of children. | Attendances. | |
|---|---|---|
| School Children— | ||
| For general deformities | 83 | 705 |
| For breathing exercises | 16 | 78 |
| Children from Maternity & Child Welfare Clinics— | ||
| For general deformities | 66 | 209 |
| 165 | 992 | |
In the following table the orthopaedic diagnoses are
classified in accordance with a request from Mr. Seddon, the
Surgeon, so that they may conform with the tables of all clinics
connected with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He
states : "I feel sure that this would be appreciated by the
Ministry of Health and the Board of Education, and it would
certainly be of very great help to me. Secondly, I think that
the table should bear some sort of relation to the work done in
other departments of the Public Health Service, for example,
the prevention of rickets and the incidence of birth injuries.
Admittedly these figures do not cover the incidence of these
conditions in the whole of an administrative area, but they may
well do so when the scope of Public Health work increases."