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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Rheumatism Clinic.
The Physician attended 32 morning sessions during the year, and 210 children (85 of these being new cases) made 395 attendances. The 210 children were found to be suffering from the following conditions: —
| Defects Found | New Cases | Old Cases | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| History of Rheumatism (observation) | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| ,, Chorea | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic Carditis | — | 5 | 5 |
| Other Forms of Carditis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Tachycardia of Nervous origin | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | — | 22 | 22 |
| Rheumatism | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Chorea | — | 1 | 1 |
| Habit Spasm | 1 | — | 1 |
| Anaemia, Subnormal-nutrition and Debility | — | 1 | 1 |
| No active Rheumatic disease | 21 | 27 | 48 |
| Heart Murmur functional | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| Acidosis, metabolic disturbance of Alimentary origin | _ | 2 | 2 |
| Pains due to Orthopaedic condition | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Allergic Type | — | 1 | 1 |
| Arrhythmia | 1 | —- | 1 |
| Fibrositis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Other Conditions | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Totals | 85 | 125 | 210 |
Number of cases referred to Convalescent Home —
„ „ „ General Hospital (In-patients) 4
„ „ „ Isolation Hospital 2
„ „ „ Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon 14
„ Orthopaedic Surgeon 11
for X-ray and Electro-Cardiogram 55
„ „ Blood Sedimentation Rate 15
„ „ „ Psychiatrist 1
„ „ „ Open Air School —
Speech Clinic.—Mrs. C. H. Mclntyre resigned her appointment as
part-time Speech Therapist on 5th July, 1950. Miss P. M. Lough increased
her number of sessions from five to seven with effect from 5th September,
1950.
By the end of the year, 128 individual children of school age had
received speech therapy at this Clinic, making a total of 1,812 attendances.
The defects treated were as follows:—
Stammering 57
Dyslalia 61
Cleft Palate 1
Post Operative- (Tonsillectomy)
Dysarthria 1
Dysphonia 1
84 children of school age were discharged from the Clinic during the
year. In 58 cases the speech was normal. Of the remaining 26 cases, 21
ceased to attend for treatment, 5 left school or left the district.
Continuity of after treatment is secured with the co-operation of
teachers who have been supplied with an explanatory memorandum on the
subject prepared by the Speech Therapist.