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Tottenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Vale Road School for Physically Handicapped Children
I am grateful to Mr. A.J. Ives, headmaster of the school, and to his staff, for
their continued co operation during the year. It is no easy task to reconcile the
educational needs of the children with their need for physical treatment, but the
Cordial relationship between teaching and medical staff has made it possible for both
to flourish to the detriment of neither.
The gymnasium at the school is inadequate to accommodate both a physiotherapist
and an occupational therapist, and it is to be hoped that the building of the proposed
extension to the school will not be long delayed.
Cerebral Palsy Unit
Dr. William Dunham, the consultant in charge of the unit, continued to attend for
one session a week, and the work of the unit proceeded on lines previously reported.
Five children seen as new patients at the clinic were recommended for admission to Vale
Road School.
Of the children under supervision, twenty made 30 attendances at Dr. I.M. Anderson's Clinic at the Prince of Wales's Hospital, Six of these were new cases, five girls and one boy, and in them the following diagnoses were established: -
| Total | In Tottenham | In Other Areas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatic Fever Streptococcal Allergy (state) | 4 2 | 1 1 | 3 I |
There were four removals during 1963 leaving 207 children on the register of the Supervisory Centre at the end of the year. These 207 have been classified as follows:-
| Total | In Tottenham | In Other Areas | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatic Fever | 72 | 45 | 27 |
| Rheumatic Carditis | 37 | 25 | 12 |
| Rheumatic Carditis with Chorea | 4 | 4 | - |
| Chorea alone | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Rheumatic Arthritis | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Congenital Cardiac Lesions | 54 | 34 | 20 |
| Streptococcal Allergy (state) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Other cases | 23 | 19 | 4 |
| 207 | 137 | 70 | |
| Males 97 Females 110 | |||