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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

London County Council 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Special Hospitals—continued.Table XXV—(6)High Wood Hospital for Children.

Special Hospitals—continued.

Table XXV—(6)High Wood Hospital for Children.

Disease.Complications.Number
Rheumatic heart diseasePulmonary embolism1
Pericarditis1
Cardiac failure2
Acute rheumatismRheumatic carditis and pericarditis1
Pericarditis, bronchopneumonia1
Total6

Table: Table XXVI—St. Anne's home—Treatment of debility—Discharges and deaths during1934.

Table XXVI—St. Anne's home—Treatment of debility—Discharges and deaths during1934.

Discharged951
Transferred to other L.C.C. children's hospitals12
Diedd—
Total963

Table: Table XXVII—Goldie Leigh Hospital.—Discharges and deaths during1934.—Principaldisease or condition treated.

Table XXVII—Goldie Leigh Hospital.—Discharges and deaths during1934.—Principal

disease or condition treated.

Disease or condition.Discharged.Transferred to other L.C.C. children's hospitals.Died.Total.
Diseases, etc., of the skxn—
Acne vulgaris1——1
Dermatitis131—14
„ seborrhœic71—8
„ septic384—42
Eczema312—33
Endothrix27——27
Icthyosis2——2
Impetigo9——9
Inflamed skin1——1
Pityriasis2——2
Pemphigus2——2
Prurigo1——1
Psoriasis71—8
Ringworm3337—340
Scabies11——11
Scurfy scalp4——4
Seborrhœa2——2
Septic sores5——5
Urticaria1——1
Xeroderma1——1
Other diseases or conditions—
Alopecia41—5
Debility1268—134
Total62825—653