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 Ilford]
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The following table gives some indication of the physical defects found in the infants making a first attendance at the Welfare Centres during the year:-
Nature of Defect | Age group of child | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 6 mths. | 6 mths. to 1 year. | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | 3-4 years | 4-5 years | |
1.-Nose and Throat:- | ||||||
Enlarged tonsils | - | 3 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 15 |
Enlarged adenoids | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Enlarged tonsils and | ||||||
adenoids | - | - | 4 | 12 | 23 | 16 |
Mouth breathing | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Snuffles | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Cleft palate and hare lip | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Congenital laryngeal stridor | 1 | |||||
2.-Lungs :- | ||||||
Bronchitis | 34 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Broncho-pneumonia | 1 | |||||
Stomatitis | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Gastro-enteritis | 6 | 16 | 11 | - | 2 | - |
Enteritis | 44 | 64 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Thrush | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Rectal prolapse | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Thread worms | - | 1 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 11 |
Melaena | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Dental caries | - | - | 2 | 11 | 31 | 36 |
Other defects | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Undescended testicle | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Hydrocele | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Enuresis | - | - | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 |
Vaginal discharge | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Phimosis | 98 | 5 | 9 | 2 | - | - |
Enlarged cervical glands | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
Adenitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Tuberculous glands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Stammering | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Defective articulation | 1 | |||||
Facial paralysis... | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickety (flat foot, bow legs, knock knees) | 3 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 5 | - |
Infantile paralysis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Torticollis | 2 | - | -- | 1 | - | - |
Talipes | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Other defects | 5 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
- | - | 11 | - | - | - |