Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Report by Dr. Anne S. Clark, M.B., Ch.B.
During the year 14 sessions of the Post-Natal and Gynaecological
Clinic were held. The number of new patients who attended
was 86, out of 149 who received appointments to attend (= 57.71
per cent.). Of these, 68 were post-natal (i.e., they had had a
confinement within the previous three months); and 18 were
gynaecological.
The disposal of these cases was as follows :—
Discharged after one attendance 33
Re-attended for examination and treatment ... 52
Referred to hospital 1
The total number of attendances was 176. The average
attendance per session was 12.57—with a maximum of 16 and
a minimum of 7.
Free medical prescriptions were issued in 19 cases at a total
cost of £2 19s. 5d.; and 42 prescriptions were issued for payment
by the patients.
The following are the main conditions which have been found on examination:—
Subinvolution of the uterus | 9 |
Subinvolution of the vaginal | 1 |
Retroversion of the uterus | 26 |
Defective perineum | 2 |
Cystocele and rectocele | 3 |
Cervical erosion | 14 |
Vaginitis | 2 |
Ovarian cyst | 1 |
Prolapsed uterus | 1 |
Pregnancy | 3 |
Sterility | 4 |
Marked anaemia | 3 |
Birth control | 13 |
Inflamed adnexa | 1 |
Fibroid | 1 |