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Children's Hospital, Balaam Street, E.13.
A.P.M 3
C.E.V 2
C.T.E.V 1
Fractured Radius 1
Genu Varum 1
Hemiplegia 2
Lipoma Knee 1
Rickets 8
Spastic Paraplegia 2
Spinal Caries 4
Syndactylism 2
T.E.V 1
Convalescent Homes.
35 children under 5 years of age were sent to Convalescent
Homes at the expense of the Council, through the Invalid Children's
Aid Association and Invalid and Crippled Children's Society.
These children are all examined by the Assistant Medical Officer
for Maternity and Child Welfare, who gives a certificate stating
the length of convalescent treatment necessary. The children are
recommended for convalescent treatment in the first instance,
either by a private practitioner who has trealted them for some
acute illness (e.g., pneumonia, rheumatic fever), or from a voluntary
hospital after operation or illness, or by the Medical Officers
of the various Infant Welfare Clinics for general debility and
failure to gain in weight. Several weeks' sojourn in wholesome
surroundings with good food and a regular routine life proves
of untold benefit to these young children after acute illnesses or
in cases of malnutrition and debility.
MidwivesAct, 1902 and 1918.
Analysis of Records of Sendin:
PREGNANCY—
Abortion or threatened
abortion 14
Albuminuria 3
Ante partum haemorrhage
20
Fits 3
Haematoma of vulva 1
Malpresentation 1
General unsatisfactory
condition 2
for Medical Aid, 1927.
LYING-IN—
Mastitis 1
Fits 1
Albuminuria 1
Phlebitis 9
Subinvolution of uterus 1
Secondary P.P.H. 2
Raised temperature 56
Unsatisfactory condn 33
Mental depression 1
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