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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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48
INHALATION CLINIC.
This Clinic has continued to give treatment for
catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory tract
by the inhalation of volatile oils atomised by the
passage of a current of oxygen. Three sessions are
held each week and the treatment is sometimes
given in addition to a course of Artificial Sunlight.
Rccords :—
No. of sessions held 144
Average attendance per session 8.9
Cases carried forward from 1936 4
Children : New cases 100
Subsequent treatments 1,193
Mothers : New cases —
Subsequent treatments —
Total treatments 1,293
Cases carried forward to 1938 7
Clinical Analysis:—
Cases Cured Improved Lapsed
Bronchitis 68 6 36 26
Nasal Catarrh 27* 3 12 11
Mouth Breather 1 — 1
Collapse of Lung following
Broncho Pneumonia 1 — 1
*1 case removed.
ORTHOPæDIC SCHEME.
Children found by the medical officers at the
infant consultations or Toddlers' Clinic to be in
need of Orthopaedic treatment can be referred to
the Queen's Hospital for Children for opinion and
treatment by the Orthopaedic Surgeon. Massage
and Light treatment are arranged at the Centre.