London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
East Ham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Voluntary Organisations.
These organisations, mentioned in previous reports, carried
on their beneficient work :—
(a) The Invalid Children's Aid Association.
Particulars appended below up to 4/7/48 :—
Cases referred by the following agencies—-
Hospitals 52
School Health Service 140
Chest Clinic 23
Maternity and Child Welfare 15
Private Doctors 9
Others 3
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The diseases from which the children suffered—
Bronchiectasis, bronchitis, asthma,
etc. 55
Debility following operations 85
Debility following illness 80
Crippling defects 14
Malnutrition, marasmus and debility 41
Cervical adenitis 9
Nervous c'ebility 24
Rheumatism, chorea and heart
disease 9
Pulmonary tuberculosis 4
Other forms of tuberculosis 7
Coeliac disease 2
Others 12
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