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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
Ilford 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Heart and Circulation:—
| Functional | 3 |
| Organic | 2 |
| Anaemia | 8 |
| Infectious Diseases:— Whooping Cough | 14 |
| Chicken Pox | 3 |
| Measles | 1 |
| Colds | 69 |
| Lungs:— Asthma | 14 |
| Bronchitis | 36 |
| Other Non-Tubercular Diseases | 11 |
| Nervous System:— Epilepsy | 3 |
| Nervous Debility | 2 |
| Habit Spasm | 3 |
| Other conditions | 4 |
| Deformities:— Genu Valgum | 1 |
| Round Shoulders | 1 |
| Rickets | 3 |
| Flat Feet | 14 |
| Other forms | 22 |
| Minor Injuries | 30 |
| Rheumatism | 7 |
| Other Defects and Diseases | 75 |
| Total number of ailments | 1,598 |
Special Clinics .—Attendances at the various Clinics during 1941, are set out in the following table:—
| Clinic. | Number of Sessions. | Attendances Individual Children. | Total Attendances. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | B. | C. | A. | B. | C. | A. | B. | C. | |
| (i) Ophthalmic | 100 | 52 | _ | 578 | 322 | — | 1094 | 643 | — |
| (ii) Orthopaedic | 12 | 10 | — | 195 | 103 | — | 311 | 173 | — |
| (tit) Artificial Sun -light | 49 | 51 | — | 56 | 25 | — | 987 | 386 | — |
| (iii) Remedial Exercises | 99 | — | 61 | 103 | — | 63 | 1364 | — | 783 |
| (v) Aural | 35 | — | — | 219 | — | — | 603 | — | — |
| (vi) Rheumatism | 16 | — | — | 120 | — | — | 272 | — | — |
A=Newbury Hall. B = Mayesbrook. C = All Saints Hall.
Note.—(i) 424 children were prescribed and provided with glasses, of
which 11 were supplied free.
(ii) 10 children of school age were admitted to the Country
branch of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at
Stanmore and 10 discharged. 40 children were supplied
with appliances.
(in) 22 cases referred for X-ray and Electro-Cardiogram and
15 for Blood Sedimentation Rate.
School Dentists.—Of 12,664 inspections by the Dentist (including
special cases), 8,289 (or 65 per cent.), were found to require treatment,
compared with 5,583 (or 56 per cent.) in 1940, 10,491 (or 58 per cent.) in
1939, 14,597 (or 64 per cent.) in 1938; 9,937 (or 69 per cent.) in 1937.