Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow
Abscess—
Axillary 2
Ear 1
Face 1
Groin 2
Leg 1
Mastoid 2
Neck 2
Right Hip 1
Thigh 1
Acute Constipation 2
Adenitis 4
Bronchitis 15
Broncho-Pneumonia 3
Burnt Buttocks 2
Cancrum Oris 1
Cellulitis leg 1
Circumcision 4
Cleft Palate 1
Colitis 1
Concussion 3
Conjunctivitis 3
Convulsions 1
Dacryocystitis 1
Double Otorrhoea 1
Eczema 1
Endocarditis 1
Enteritis 15
Enuresis 1
Fractured—
Arm 1
Femur 1
Skull 1
Tibia 1
Gastro Enteritis 1
Genu Varum 1
Glands of Neck 2
Haematuria 1
Hare Lip 1
Heart Disease 1
Hernia, inguinal, etc. 2
Hydrocele 1
Hyperpyrexia 1
Injury to—
Eyelid 1
Head 3
Knee 1
Nose 1
Throat 1
Intussusception 2
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Iritis 1
Jaundice 1
Lachrymal Sac 1
Lymphangitis 1
Malnutrition 1
Marasmus 12
Mastoid Disease 1
Measles 1
Meningitis 1
Multiple Boils 1
Nasal Obstruction 1
Naevi Abdomen 2
Naevus 1
Nephritis 1
Osteoclasis 1
Osteomyelitis 1
Pemphigus 1
Phimosis 3
Pleural effusion 1
Pneumonia 19
Potts Disease 1
Purpura 1
Pyelitis 2
Pyloric Stenosis 3
Poliomyelitis 1
Pyrexia 1
Rectal Polypus 3
Retro-Pharyngeal
Abscess 1
Rheumatism 2
Scalds, Neck, etc. 10
Scarlet Fever 1
Septicaemia 2
Septic—
Knee 1
Mouth 1
Nose 1
Sequestrum of Hand 1
Skin Trouble 1
Sore Buttocks
Stomatitis 1
Urticaria 1
Tongue Tie 1
Tonsils and Adenoids 11
Torn perineum 1
Tuberculosis 4
Vomiting 1
Whooping Cough 3
Wound, forehead 1
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