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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
Leyton 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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106
Admissions to Hospital.
Eleven children were admitted to hospital and the following
operations performed :—
1. Tenotomy to left sterno-mastoid.
2. Bone graft left clavicle.
3. Wedge and osteotomy left hallux.
4. Arthrodesis digit 2nd right foot.
5. ,, , 1st left hand.
6. „ ,, 2nd right and left feet.
7. Bone-drilling patoellae.
8. Tenotomy digit 5th right and left feet.
9. ,, ,, 5th right and left feet.
10. Rotary osteotomy and bone peg right radius.
11. Tenotomy left tendo Achilles.
Surgical Appliances and Boots.
Minor alterations to shoes (wedges, etc.) 37
Metatarsal bars 5
Artificial Sunlight Clinic.
Number of children who attended 172
Attendances made 1,259
Conditions Treated :—
General debility 44
Rickets 5
Bronchitis 24
Coughs and colds 9
Rheumatism 3
Gingivitis 1
Septic sores 6
Psoriasis 2
Asthma 19
Cervical adenitis 1
Conjunctivitis 1
Scabies 3
Boils 5
Vitamin deficiency 1
Otitis media 1