London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Walthamstow 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Number of children sent away convalescent | 249 | ||
| Number of home visits paid | 499 | ||
| Hospitals | 50 | 21 | |
| Private Practitioners | 31 | 10 | |
| School Health Services | 130 | 11 | |
| Local Authority under schemes for:— | |||
| 4 | — | ||
| 11 | 6 | ||
| (c) Child Guidance | 3 | — | |
| Child Welfare Centres | — | 1 | |
| Voluntary Bodies | 2 | 3 | |
| Parents | 8 | 2 | |
| Transferred from I.C. A. A. Branches | 2 | — | |
| 241 | 54 | ||
| 5 yrs | 5 yrs | ||
| Anaemia, debility, malnutrition | 55 | 6 | |
| After-effects of acute or infectious illness or operation | 54 | 13 | |
| Bronchitis and pneumonia | 39 | 8 | |
| Asthma | 10 | 1 | |
| Rheumatism, chorea and heart | 13 | 1 | |
| Other crippling defects (non-T.B.) | 16 | 12 | |
| Nervous conditions | 16 | 3 | |
| Diseases of: (a) Ear, nose and throat | 15 | 4 | |
| 5 | — | ||
| (c) Skin | 7 | — | |
| Accidents | 4 | — | |
| T.B. contacts | 1 | — | |
| Tuberculosis (a) Lungs | 1 | 2 | |
| (6) Various | 2 | — | |
| Various | 3 | 4 | |
| 241 | 54 | ||
| Children sent to Convalescent Homes and Residential Open Air Schools | 213 | 36 | |
| Provided with surgical appliances | 3 | 10 | |
| Transferred to other agencies | 9 | 5 | |
| Referred for visiting and advice | 27 | 10 | |
| 252 | 61 | ||