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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
Hackney 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Condition. | Under treatment at beginning of 1947. | No. of Cases. | Origin. | Disposal. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor. | M. & C. W. | Own accord | Hospital. | Doctor. | Antenatal Clinic | Advised and Discharged. | Treated at Clinic. | |||
| Suspected cyesis | — | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | — | 6 | 1 | — |
| Threatened abortion | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Ante-natal retroversion | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Post-natal retroversion | 1 | 24 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 15 |
| Prolapse | 2 | 9 | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Cystocele | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Rectocele | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Visceroptosis | — | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| Cervical erosion | — | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 |
| Cervicitis | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| — | 9 | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
| Menorrhagia | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Dysmenorrhoea | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Amenorrhoea | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Obesity | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| — | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | |
| 1 | 21 | — | 4 | 17 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Vaginal Perineal Fistula | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Bartholin's Cyst | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Eczema Vulva | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Pruritus Vulva | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Pruritus Ani | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Furunculosis Pubis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Leukoplakia | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dyspareunia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Uterine Fibroids | — | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Ovarian Cysts | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| — | 33 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 8 | — | 8 | — | |
| Totals | 8 | 190 | 15 | 78 | 97 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 105 |