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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
Ealing 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Crippled Children. 113
The following is a list of the crippled children under
five years of age who have been discovered by the Health
Visitors through home-visiting or through the Welfare
Centre.
Crippled Children under School age.
| No. | Ages. | Part affected. | Date of onset. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | ||||
| Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 2,3,4 | 3 | Legs | One at three yrs. Other doubtful |
| Rickets | 6 | 2 2 | 4, 3, 2.1½ | Legs | |
| Congenital and Traumatic Deformities | 4 | 5, 4, 1 | 3 | Leg Shoulder Torticollis Femur fractured at birth | |
| Serious Heart Disease | 1 | 1 yr | — | Congenital systolic murmur | |
| 15 | |||||
2.—The Central Aid Society has been of great assistance
in obtaining treatment for crippled children of
all ages. This treatment has included sanatorium,
hospital, or convalescent home treatment, no matter
what the cause of the crippling may have been. The
help of this Society, however, has been sufficient to meet
the needs of but a few of the cases, and the necessary
treatment has in many cases been too long deferred
or insufficient. The Middlesex County Council is now
dealing with the treatment of tuberculosis by sanatorium
or hospital treatment.