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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: Artificial Sunlight Clinic.—51 sessions were held at the Newbury Hall Clinic and 49 at Mayesbrook. In all, 82 children under 5 years of age were treated, making 1,215 attendances.The conditions treated were as follows:—

Artificial Sunlight Clinic.—51 sessions were held at the Newbury Hall Clinic and 49 at Mayesbrook. In all, 82 children under 5 years of age were treated, making 1,215 attendances.

The conditions treated were as follows:—

ConditionsCases
AB
Anaemia, Debilitv and Malnutrition3311
Wide Fontanelle9—
Old Rickets3—
O.C.T. (Bow legs)43
Bronchitis5—
Alopecia12
Other conditions83
Totals6310

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A.—Newbury Hall.
B.—Mayesbrook.
26 cases were still attending at the end of the year; of the remainder
2 had removed from the district, 37 were discharged having made a satisfactory
recovery and 17 were discharged due to absence.
Speech Clinic.—6 children of pre-school age attended, making 68
attendances. The following is the classification of the defects found by
the speech therapist:—
Dyslalia 5.
Stammering 1.