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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

Tottenham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: The following table gives the affections on account of which children received convalescent treatment:—

The following table gives the affections on account of which children received convalescent treatment:—

Nervous Debility10Peritoneum1
Pre-tubercular Debility27Hip1
Debility aft. Infectious Disease36Chorea37
Post-operative Debility23Enlargement of Glands10
Post-Pneumonic Debility7Rheumatism7
Anaemia and Debility46Tonsilitis3
General Debility47Dyspepsia5
Heart Affections and Anaemia19Paralysis4
Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh35Empyema2
Rheumatic Fever3
Asthma7Marasmus4
Other Non-tubercular Lung Disease6Nephritis1
Encephalitis Lethargica1
Gastric Catarrh2Malnutrition7
Gastric5Appendicitis3
Tuberculosis:—Other Cases14
Glands2

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Provision of Surgical Instruments.—Surgical appliances were
supplied, and repairs and replacements effected in 218 instances. This
was in respect of 80 children who were found to be suffering from the
following defects:—
Infantile and other forms of
Paralysis 36
Tuberculosis:—
Hip 3
Knee 3
Ankle 1
Spine 1
Flat-foot 9
Club-feet 2
Pes Cavus 1
Other forms of Deformed
Feet 5
Amputated Leg 1
Rickety Deformities 4
Weak Ankles 4
Other cases 10
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Residential Schools.
There are 42 children from this district being maintained in Special
Residential Schools. 5 of these are crippled and physically defective
children, 12 blind, 17 mentally defective, 5 epileptic and 3 deaf and dumb.