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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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While the Supervisory Centre was not set up for children with congenital
heart disease, inevitably some with an unexplained heart condition
are seen there. Some of these have been found to have remediable
congenital heart disease and after admission to hospital have been
operated upon, giving them, in more than one sense of the word, a new
lease of life.
The same trends can be seen in the statistics for children coming from
other areas, but these statistics are less reliable because of the fact that
they represent a smaller selection of the children involved.

Table: Tottenham

Tottenham

No. of Cases195219531954
Rheumatic Fever17126
Rheumatic Carditis2237
Chorea alone61.
Chorea with Carditis211
Chorea with Rheumatic Fever.1
"Rheumatic Pains"61.
Rheumatic Fever Relapse1..
Rheumatoid Arthritis.3.
Total Rheumatic542115
Congenital Heart Disease2646
Miscellaneous.21
802722
Admitted to Hospital331915
Other Areas
No. of Cases195219531954
Rheumatic Fever798
Rheumatic Carditis1123
Chorea alone ........11.
Chorea with Carditis1..
Chorea with Rheumatic Fever...
"Rheumatic Pains"1.1
Rheumatic Fever Relapse.1.
Rheumatoid Arthritis..2
Total Rheumatic211314
Congenital Heart Disease1855
Miscellaneous1..
401819
Admitted to Hospital211314

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The Handicapped Child
In this Area we are fortunate in having long-established provision for
the special educational treatment of the handicapped child.
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