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Bethnal Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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43
TODDLERS' CLINIC.
The special session for toddlers which was discontinued in 1936
has not been recommenced but a new system of invitation by
reply card has been adopted, mothers being given special
appointments at one of the morning infant consultations. This
has worked as well as the earlier system. Statistics relating to
the children examined in this way are as follow :—
| Boys | Girls | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| At 2 yrs | 34 | 37 | 71 |
| 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| 151 | |||
| Children requiring treatment or advice | 51 | ||
| Sessions held | 47 | ||
| Average attendance | 3.2 | ||
| Defects of Development: | Late Teething | 1 |
| ,, Walking | 5 | |
| „ Talking | 1 | |
| Internal Strabismus | 2 | |
| Tonsils enlarged (seriously) | 5 | |
| Tonsils enlarged (slightly) | 13 | |
| Adenoids | — | |
| Mouth-breathers | 1 | |
| Cleft palate | 1 | |
| Prolapse rectum | 1 | |
| Undescended testicle | 1 | |
| Defects of Nutrition : | Markedly below weight | _ |
| Muscular tone poor | 46 | |
| ,, fair | 35 | |
| Genu Valgum | 7 | |
| „ Varum | 1 | |
| ,, ,, and flat feet | 1 | |
| Pes-planus | 2 | |
| Talipes | 1 | |
| Dental Caries | 29 | |
| Nutrition fair | 48 | |
| „ poor | 51 |