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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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4 pairs of Valgus Insoles, 6 G.V. night and C.D.H.
splints, 155 wedges to shoes, one surgical shoe and one
caliper were supplied during 1959.
The Physiotherapist treated 266 children under 5 at
Newbury Hall, 70 at Mayesbrook Clinic, 45 at Manford Way,
with attendances of 491, 213, 222 respectively.
PAEDIATRIC CLINIC.- Dr. A. Russell, the Consultant Paediatrician, continued to attend the Clinic at Valentines Mansion, 23 sessions were held and 101 new cases were examined, having been referred from the Infant Welfare Centres, Schools and Maternity Hospital for the reasons set out in the following table; a total of 224 attendances were made.
| Diagnosis | Discharged Improved | Discharged with advice or for other reasons | Discharged No treatment | Cured | Referred Hospital, Doctor or Clinic | Still attending | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaemia | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Accessory auricle R. ear | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Achondroplasia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Anal spasm | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cardiac murmur | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 |
| Cephalhaematoma | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cheirodactyly | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Chronic sepsis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital mcgacephaly | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital tremor | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Constipation | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Craniostenosis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cryptorchidism | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diurnal enuresis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Epistaxis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Facial palsy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Feeding problems | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| For observation | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fractured clavicle | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Hæmangioma | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hernia | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Hydrocele | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hypospadias | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Impetigo | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Mongolism | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Naevus | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Napkin rash | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Necrosis of back | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Nil abnormal discovered | - | 7 | 8 | - | - | 5 | 20 |
| Obesity | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Patency of cranial suture | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pilonidal sinus | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Post nasal snorting | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Prematurity | - | - | 1 | - | - | l | 2 |
| Premature menarche | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rhinitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Rumination | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Septicaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Speech retardation | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sterno mastoid tumour | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Thoraco-lumbar kyphosis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tongue-tie | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Torticollis | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Underweight | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 101 |