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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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LIGHT CLINIC.
| No. of Sessions | 150 | |
| Average attendance | 17.3 | |
| Treatments :— | ||
| Children | First attendances | 127 |
| Subsequent attendances | 2,465 | |
| Mothers : | First attendances | 2 |
| Subsequent attendances | 40 | |
| Total | 2,634 | |
| Cases carried forward from 1937 | 35 | |
| Cases carried forward to 1939 | 26 | |
| No. of cases | Improved | Lapsed | Removed from Borough | Also Massage | "aving Inhalation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaemia | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Malnutrition | 17 | 8 | 9 | — | — | 2 |
| Anaemia | 21 | 12 | 9 | — | 5 | — |
| Bronchitis | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Catarrh | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 1 |
| Loss of Appetite | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rickets | 42 | 18 | — | — | 21 | 4 |
| Nervous Tension | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Debility after Measles | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rheumatism | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tonsillitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mastoid | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Skin Impetigo | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Chilblains | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |