Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Im- Re- No
Children Cases proved Lapsed moved change
Malnutrition 66 25 26 3 12
Anaemia 6 — 2 4 —
Nervous Tension 3 2 1 — —
Bronchitis 2 2 — — —
Otorrhoea 1 1 — — —
Anaemia 61 26 28 — 7
Malnutrition 22 9 8 2 2
Rickets 3 1 2 — —
Recurrent Colds 7 4 1 — 2
Otorrhoea 1 1 — — —
Nervous Tension 7 5 2 — —
Rickets 114 49 46 5 14
Malnutrition 3 — 3 — —
Persistent loss of weight 7 6 — 1 —
Recurrent colds 5 3 — 1 1
Delayed Development 35 20 7 — 5
Congenital Dislocation
of Hip 1 — — 1 —
Mongols 4 3 1 — —
Nervous Tension 1 — — 1 —
Wasting of Left Leg 1 1 — — —
Debility after
Whooping Cough 15 10 5 — —
Influenza 22 19 3 — —
Pneumonia 8 1 7 — —
Glands of Neck 1 1 — — —
Removal of Tonsils 1 1 — — —
Otorrhoea 1 — — — 1
Enteritis 2 2 — — —
Bronchitis 10 4 4 1 1
Quinsy 1 — 1 — —
Diphtheria 2 — 2 — —
Scarlet Fever 1 — — — 1
Skin Conditions
Urticaria 8 6 2 — —
Impetigo 2 — 2 — —
Recurrent Styes 3 1 2 — —
INHALATION.
We continue to derive useful service from the
Spiess-Drager Inhaler, presented to the Council in 1930.
Dr. Horton reports :—
Catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory tract have
been treated in this Clinic throughout the year. Pine and