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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Paediatric Clinic.-Dr. Anderson, the Council's Consultant Paediatrician, continued to attend the Clinic at Valentines Mansion each fortnight during the year. Twenty-six sessions were held and 105 new cases were referred from the Infant Welfare Centres and Maternity- Home for the following reasons; a total of 270 attendances were made.
| Conditions Requiring Attention. | Still attending. | Ref. to Hospital Clinic or Specialist. | Discharged cured. | Discharged. No treatment. | Discharged. Improved. | Discharged, other reasons. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Adiposity | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anaemia | 3 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 7 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Cardiac | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Colic | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Cretinism | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Defective Vision | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Deformity of Chest | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Deformity of Face | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Deformity of Limb | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysuria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Eczema | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Epilepsy, major or minor | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Facial Paralysis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Failure to gain weight | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| Haematemesis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Haemophilia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hernia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hydrocele | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Laryngeal Stridor | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Melaena | - | - | - | - | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 |
| Mongolism | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Nocturnal Enuresis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Nystagmus | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Otitis Media | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paraplegia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Prolapse of Rectum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pyrexia of Unknown Origin | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Rash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Recurrent Styes | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Retarded Development | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Rickets | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Spina-Bifida | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sterno-Mastoid tumour | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Unequal Pupils | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Vomiting | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Wide fontanelles | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Wry neck | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 105 |
Dental Clinics.-231 half-days were taken up for the treatment of
expectant and nursing mothers and children under 5 years of age during 194/ :
105 at Valentines Clinic and 126 at Mayesbrook Clinic.