[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ULTEA VIOLET EAY CTJNIC The following’ is the Eeport of Dr. E. Cnrran : — Maternity and Child Welfare: Secxtion During- 1948 treatment was given twice weekly-—on Mondays and Fridays, both morning and afternoon. 222 children under 5 years of age were treated (197 new cases and 25 old cases). 2 mothers were also treated. Gases were referred to the Clinic from the Welfare Centres, the Orthopaedic Clinic and, in a few instances, by General Practitioners. Conditions treated by IT.V.E. were as follows : — New Rickets ... ... ... ... ... 99 Debility ... ... ... ... ... 68 Respiratory conditions ... ... ... 16 Amyotonia ... ... ... ... 3 Alopecia ... ... ... ... ... 3 Recurrent Tonsillitis ... ... ... 8 Scoliosis ... ... ... ... ... — 197 Old 13 9 1 1 1 25 Total Sessions , ... 192. Attendances— Infants Mothers Children 375 25 . 2,348 Rickets — 112 Cases In this group the cases ])reseuted one or more of the f(dlowing signs; hypotony of muscles, underweight, widely-opened fontanelle, bowed tibiae, delay in sitting up, delay in walking, late dentition, protuberant abdomen, calcaneo valgus.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28866897_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
