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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
City of Westminster 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Diagram showing development of health work. Case visited at birth of baby. Discovery of weak members of family. Methods of dealing with fame.
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Baby, born March, 1905.*
| Father, tailor, | Mother. | Sister, 14. | Brother, 10, | Brother, 3½. | Baby,* | Baby, |
| suffering from phthisis 3 years. | Waistcoat hand. | Scarlet fever. | at school suffering from glands. | Measles, bronchitis. C.C.H.F. 4 weeks. | born Mar., 1905. | born Dec., 1906. |
| O.P. Middlesex Hospital 1 year. | Home worker. | No other illness. | I.C.A.A. sent to Ramsgate for 4 months. | Rheumatism and heart. | Whooping cough and pneumonia. | Very delicate. |
| Health good. | Helps mother at home. | Tonsilitis. | ||||
| C.O.S. sent to Convalescent Home 3 months. | I.P. Middlesex 11 weeks. | Died. Age 6 months, Aug., 1905. | Well cared for. Frequently visited, | |||
| Adenoids removed at Middlesex Hospital. | i I.C.A.A. and C.O.S. boarded out 3 months. | |||||
| Relapse year later. Sent to Convalescent | I.C.A.A. and C.O.S. | Apparently healthy. | ||||
| Home again. | sent to Tunbridge Wells. | School. Not thriving. | ||||
| Relapse 6 monthslater. | ||||||
| I.P. letter obtained Royal Chest Hospital. | C.C.E.P, 4 weeks. 2 year in succession under medical supervision. | |||||
| Too ill for admission, | ||||||
| Admitted to Hendon Infirmary. | | ||||||
| Disinfection. Home done up. Window made to open, &c. | ||||||
| Died at Hendon, July, 1907. Age 42. |