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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
Hornsey 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE 1
| Clinic | No. of sessions held | No. of new cases | Total No. of attendances | Average attendance per session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgoyne Road | 40 | 25 | 196 | 4.9 |
| Church Road | 45 | 46 | 250 | 5.6 |
| Fortis Green | 47 | 54 | 430 | 9.2 |
| Hornsey Town Hall | 50 | 90 | 286 | 5.7 |
| The Chestnuts | 51 | 99 | 556 | 10.9 |
| Lordship Lane | 51 | 76 | 480 | 9.4 |
| Park Lane | 50 | 43 | 331 | 6.6 |
| Totals | 334 | 433 | 2,529 | 7.6 |
Handicapped Mothers
A survey has been made by the health visitors which gives a picture
of the extent and type of handicap affecting mothers of pre-school children
n Tottenham and Hornsey.
Handicapped Mothers (of Children under 5 years)
| DISABILITY: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscular-Skeletal System | Central Nervous System | ||||
| Rheumatoid Arthritis. | 3 | Disseminated Sclerosis | 2 | ||
| Congenital Deformity | 1 | Epileptic | 1 | ||
| Muscular Deformity | 3 | — | 3 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | Special Senses Deaf | |||
| T.B. Joint | 5 | 3 | |||
| — | 16. | Deaf and Dumb | 5 | ||
| Blind | 1 | ||||
| Cardio-Vascular System | 8 | Deaf and Blind | 1 | 10 | |
| Systemic Diseases | |||||
| Diabetes | 1 | Mental Conditions | |||
| Miscellaneous Pulmonary | 1 | Mental Defective | 3 | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 13 | Psychotic Psycho-neurotic | 11 | ||
| Cancer ... | 1 | ||||
| Duodenal Ulcer | 1 | — | 14 | ||
| 17 | Totals | 68 | |||
Though the numbers are comparatively small, the most important
single conditions causing hardship are pulmonary tuberculosis and
mental disorders. This gives concern as the mothers are often in and
out of hospital causing possible hardship and mental upset to the
ch'ldren. The problem of mental disorder in both sexes and all age
groups assumes ever larger importance in our complex civilisation.
The group of diseases involving limitation of mobility is a large and
important one. It can be seen however that, surprisingly enough,
rheumatoid arthritis is not an important cause of disability in our
young mothers.
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