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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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Rheumatism Clinic.
The Physician attended 31 morning sessions during the year, and 164 children (75 of these being new cases) made 296 attendances. The 164 children were found to be suffering from the following conditions:—
| Defects Found | New Cases | Old Cases | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| History of Rheumatism (observation) | - | 1 | 1 |
| Rheumatic Carditis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other forms of Carditis | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Tachycardia of Nervous origin | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Rheumatism | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Habit Spasm | - | - | - |
| No Active Rheumatic Disease | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Heart Murmur Functional | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| Pains Due to Orthopaedic condition | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Allergic type | - | 3 | 3 |
| Exocardial Bruit | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fibrositis | 1 | - | 1 |
| Arrhythmia | 1 | - | 1 |
| Nothing abnormal detected | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Other conditions | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| Totals | 75 | 89 | 164 |
Number of cases referred to Convalescent Home 1
„ „ „ General Hospital (In-patients) -
„ „ „ Isolation Hospital -
„ „ „ Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon 6
„ „ „ Orthopaedic Surgeon 13
„ „ „ For Xray and Electro-Cardiogram 60
„ „ „ Blood Sedimentation Rate 23
„ „ „ Psychiatrist 1
„ „ „ Open Air School 1
„ „ „ Paediatrician 1
Speech Clinic.—Miss P. J. Kent resigned her appointment as parttime
Speech Therapist, for two sessions weekly, on 13th March, 1952.
Miss P. M. Lough resigned her appointment as full-time Speech
Therapist on 27th May, 1952.
Mrs. M. Walker was appointed full-time Speech Therapist and commenced
duties on 1st August, 1952.
By the end of the year, 138 individual children of school age had
received speech therapy at this Clinic, making a total of 1.481 attendances.
The defects treated were as follows:—
| Stammering | 48 |
| Dyslalia | 78 |
| Cleft Palate | 1 |
| Dysarthria | 4 |
| Dysphonia | 1 |
| Hyperrhinophonia | 1 |
| Hyporhinophonia | 4 |
| Others | 1 |
51 children of school age were discharged from the Clinic during the
year. In 34 cases the speech was normal. Of the remaining 17 cases,
9 ceased to attend for treatment and 8 left school or left the district,