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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

Chiswick 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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Table: Crippling Defects.- The following table of children Suffring from these defects was Complied with help of the Head Teachers o f the Schools:—

Crippling Defects.- The following table of children Suffring from these defects was Complied with help of the Head Teachers o f the Schools:—

Case.Age.Disease.Remarks.
BELMONT SCHOOLS.
1.Boy11Deformity of arm after fracture.—
2Girl11Tuberculosis of HipOld quiescent case. Much wasting of limbs.
3.Girl10Tuberculosis of kneeWearing special splint.
4.Girl10Congenital Talipes Equino-varus.Attending Gt. Ormonde Street Hospital.
5.Girl7Spastic ParaplegiaIs also very dull and backward.
HOGARTH AND GLEBE SCHOOLS.
6.Boy13Infantile ParalysisMild case—no irons.
7.Boy13Infantile ParalysisMild case—wearing irons.
8.Boy10Infantile ParalysisMild case—no irons.
9.Boy10Infantile ParalysisMild case—no irons.
10.Boy8Infantile ParalysisMild case—no irons.
11.Girl11Infantile ParalysisBoth power limbs affected. Has to be taken to School in mailcart.
12.Girl13Infantile ParalysisBoth lower limbs affected. Has to be taken to School in mailcart.
13.Girl12Infantile ParalysisBoth lower limbs affected, but able to walk.
14.Girl11Infantile ParalysisRight lower limb affected, wears irons.
15.Girl7Right HemiplegiaAlso ? Mentally deficient.
16.Girl5Infantile ParalysisMild case.
17.Boy-6Infantile ParalysisMild case.
STRAND SCHOOLS.
18.Girl10Tuberculosis of right knee.Quiescent—wasting of limbs.
19.Girl9Congenital dislocation of right hip.—
20.Boy12Infantile Paralysis and Talipes.Attending Orthopoedic Hospital.

Table: The following children are suffering from Heart Disease in a crippling degree:—

The following children are suffering from Heart Disease in a crippling degree:—

Case.Age.Disease.
1.Girl12Heart Disease of Rheumatic origin.
2.Boy10Heart Disease of Rheumatic origin.
3.Girl11Heart Disease following Diphtheria.
4.Girl9Heart Disease of Rheumatic origin.
5.Boy10Heart Disease of Rheumatic origin. (Severe case—unfit for Elementary School).
6.Boy7Congenital Heart Disease.