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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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naturally, half expressed by hand and given by a spoon. Gastric
peristalsis was seen and a diagnosis of pyloric spasm made. Rccoveiy
was gradual, but complete, and for a long period any carelessness in
feeding or handling produced a return of the vomiting and restlessness.
Attendance—9 weeks.
A. M.—A first-born male child. First attendance at 10 weeks.
Brought for wasting and infrequent stools. Breast fed. Seriously wasted
—marked pallor and feebleness.