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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
Bethnal Green 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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43
May
19
June
30
July
27
August
22
September
19
October
25
November
34
December
37
Total
315
Average attendance
26.25
Analysis of cases attending :—
First Attendances :
Contraceptive advice given
46
Referred to Burdett Road Clinic
8
Total
54
Subsequent Attendances
261
Total Attendances
315
Mothers have been referred to the Clinic by :—
Medical Officers at Welfare Centres
32
Health Visitors
9
Doctor in Private Practice
1
Old Patients
6
Attended of own accord
6
Clinical Analysis of Cases given Contraceptive Advice :
Anaemia and Malnutrition
9
Contracted Pelvis
1
Epilepsy
1
Hyperthyroidism
1
Myocarditis
6
Neurasthenia
9
„ and Malnutrition
11
Prolapsus
2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
3
Recurrent Toxaemia of Pregnancy
3
Total
46