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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
Bexley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Population: 5 yrs. to 16 yrs. Table A1 No. of children ages 5 yrs. to 16 yrs.
| Defects | (l) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ordinary schools | At Day special schools | At Residential special schools including hospital schools | At Home | Totals | |||||||||
| (a) Having home teaching | (b) Not having home teaching | ||||||||||||
| B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | Total | |
| Congenital Heart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Rheumatic Heart | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Haemophilia | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebral Palsy (including athetosis) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||||
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Muscular Dystrophy | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Muscular Atrophy | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Spinabifida | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Osteomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Fragilitas Ossium | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Achondroplasia | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| A rthrogryphosis | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Perthe's Disease | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Tb. joints | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Talipes | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cong. Dislocation hips | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Cong, deformities: | |||||||||||||
| (a) arms and hands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| (b) legs and feet | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Amputations: | |||||||||||||
| (a) legs | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| (b) arms | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Rheumatoid arthritis including Still's disease | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Septic arthritis | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Fractured Skull | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Brain Tumour | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Friedrich's Ataxia | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Others (specify) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 49 |