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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
Mitcham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Pathological Conditions Found in Children.
| Number of Cases | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Amentia | 1 | Referred to Charing Cross Hospital. | |
| Cardiac Disease | 6 | ||
| Congenital Pyloric Stenosis | 1 | Admitted with the mother to the Infants Hospital, Vincent Square. | |
| Cyst. Dermoid | 1 | ||
| Harelip | 1 | Operation in Great Ormond Street, Children's Hospital. | |
| Mongolian idiocy | 1 | Referred to Charing Cross Hospital. | |
| Mole | 1 | ||
| Nævi | 14 | ||
| Phimosis | 66 | ||
| Tongue, Papilloma of | 1 | ||
| Tongue-tie | 9 | ||
| Testicle, undescended | 1 | ||
| Ophthalmic, Ptosis | 1 | ||
| Orthopfedic— | |||
| Contracture of Finger | 1 | Referred to Bolingbroke Hospital. | |
| Polydactylism | 1 | ||
| Talipes | 3 | One case referred to Charing Cross Hospital. | |
| Toe, malformation of | 1 | ||
| Adenitis, Cervical | 24 | ||
| Generalised | 1 | ||
| Alopeeia | 1 | Referred to Charing Cross Hospital. | |
| Ansemia | 4 | ||
| Carried forward | 140 | ||