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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
Islington 1916
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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23 [1916
A ttendances at C onsultations.
| Month. | Number of Consultations. | New Patients. | Total Attendances |
|---|---|---|---|
| July | 4 | 60 | 91 |
| August | 5 | 74 | 153 |
| September | 4 | 47 | 170 |
| October | 8 | 43 | 240 |
| November | 9 | 50 | 347 |
| December | 7 | 27 | 235 |
| Totals | 37 | 301 | 1,236 |
Attendances between Consultations.
(For dressings, weighing, and minor advice.)
First Quarter 71
Second Quarter 127
Visits to Homes.
Preliminary 3,188
First Quarter 459
Second Quarter 238
It is satisfactory to note that among the babies 183 were breast-fed as
compared with fifty bottle-fed and six cases of mixed feeding.
As far as their circumstances allow, the patients contribute towards the
cost of drugs and dressings.
Cases unsuitable for treatment at the Centre are referred to hospitals or
to private practitioners. The Committee are indebted to the Great Northern,
Royal Free, and Great Ormond Street Hospitals for their friendly consideration
in this respect, and for their help in informing the medical officer of cases of
malnutrition in the district.
Among others, the following cases have been treated:—
Disorders of Nutrition.
Rickets 58
Dyspepsia 38
Constipation 33
Debility 27
Marasmus (Wasting) 23
Diarrhæa 22
Vomiting 21
Debility due to lactation 11
Disorders of the Respiratory Organs.
Bronchitis 36
Adenoids 6
Affections of the Skin 31
Defective Teeth 12