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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
Shoreditch 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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cases would have improved in the absence of light treatment is extremely difficult
to say with certainty, and the experiment of watching the progress of a series of cases
who are recommended for light treatment and fail to attend would prove very
instructive.
The total number of cases who attended for eight exposures or over was 127.
In no case were any ill effects noted as a result of treatment.
Key to Column Readings.
A1—Result very good and attributed entirely to light.
A2—Result very good and attributed partly to light.
A3—Result very good but not attributed to light.
B1—Result good and attributed entirely to light.
B2—Result good and attributed partly to light.
B3—Result good but not attributed to light.
CI—Result fair and attributed entirely to light.
C2—Result fair and attributed partly to light.
C3—Result fair but not attributed to light.
D —Not improved.
| A1. | A2. | A3. | B1. | B2. | B3. | C1. | C2. | C3. | D. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debility and underweight | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 61 |
| 2 | Debilitv | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Debility following infectious disease | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Underweight without debility... | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Debility with anaemia | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Malnutrition | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Rickets | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 |
| 8 | Backwardness | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Nervousness | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Eczema of buttocks | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 12 | 4 | – | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 41 | 127 |
* Treatment incomplete.
In addition, 14 healthy children were treated at the request of the Clinic Doctor.