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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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Post-Natal Centre
A Post-Natal Centre is held at the Town Hall each month.
Leaflets are given to the patients when they leave Woodlands
Maternity Home and to the patients attending the various antenatal
clinics, giving them information about this clinic and the
purpose for which it is intended.
The pathological conditions found on examination of patients
who attended this clinic are shown in the following table: —
Pathological Conditions Found in Post- Natal Cases.
| Number of Cases. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaemia | 2 | |||
| Cyst, inclusion Cyst of fornix | 1 | |||
| ,, of breast | 1 | |||
| Cystocele | 1 | |||
| Dental— | ||||
| Caries | 12 | |||
| Pyorrhœa | 2 | |||
| Gingivitis | 1 | |||
| Diabetes | 1 | Referred to Charing Cross Hospital. | ||
| Hæmorrhage | 1 | |||
| Hyperthyroidism | 1 | Referred to Charing Cross Hospital. | ||
| Leucorrhœa | 7 | Four cases referred to South London Hospital for Women. | ||
| Migraine | 1 | |||
| Piles | 1 | Referred to Gordon Hospital. | ||
| Retroversion | . 21 | Corrected at clinic, six cases. Referred to hospital, 14 cases. Referred to family doctor, one case. | ||
| Rupture of perineum | 1 | |||
| Subinvolution | 2 | |||
| Varicose veins of legs | 1 | |||
| Total | 57 | |||