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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: and a total of 182 attendances were made. 85 new cases were examined, having been referred from the infant welfare centres, from the Ilford Maternity Hospital and from schools for the reasons set out in the following table:-

and a total of 182 attendances were made. 85 new cases were examined, having been referred from the infant welfare centres, from the Ilford Maternity Hospital and from schools for the reasons set out in the following table:-

DiagnosisDischarged ImprovedDischarged with Advice or for other ReasonsDischarged No treatmentCoredReferred Hospital, Doctor or ClinicTransferred to another Paediatric ClinicTotal
Abnormal Suture Patency--1---1
Acidosis—————11
Anaemia—————11
Bronchospasm-----11
Cardiac Murmur1---124
Cleft Palate—-——-22
Congenital Megacephaly—---123
Cutis Laxa-Neck—1————1
Deformity of Auricle-———112
Eczema——-—1—1
Erbs Palsy-----11
Excessive Sweating-1----1
Feeding Problems—2———13
Hare Lip--——1-1
Hernia—————11
Hypospadias——2—114
Meningocele-————11
Migraine——--—11
Multiple Congenital Anomalies of Fingers----2-2
Naevi---—-11
No Abnormality Discovered-23--27
Obesity-———2—2
Plagiocephaly—————11
Prematurity—1———23
Pyknolepsy---—1-1
Seborrhoeic Dermatitis—2-——-2
Speech Defects----112
Strabismus-----11
Sub-Dural Haematoma--———11
Supernumerary Digit----1-1
Talipes——1—-—1
Tetany and Convulsions-----11
Tics-----11
Toe Nail Malformation-1----1
Tonsillar Hyperplasia-1----1
Under observation-2--22125
Urinary Infection-----11
Totals1137-154985