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 Barking]
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(1) Congenital: | ||
Hemiplegia | 1 | |
Spastic diplegia | 1 | |
(2) Acquired: | ||
Anterior Poliomyelitis | 2 | |
Facial paralysis | 1 | |
Ulnar paralysis | 1 | |
Paresis of lower limbs | 1 | |
7 | ||
Total defects found | 94 |
orthopaedic hospitals (Brookfield Hospital or Queen's Hospital for Children). The following operations were carried out in these cases:—
Tenotomy sterno-mastoid (for Torticollis) | 2 |
Plastic operation—webbed digits, hand | 1 |
Open elongation—Gastrocnemius with plastic operation | 1 |
Amputation digit, foot | 1 |
Removal of Baker's cyst from knee | 1 |
Hernia—radical cure | 1 |
Plaster bed (for Scoliosis) | 1 |
Investigation | 3 |