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Barking 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE
ORTHOPÆEDIC CLINIC.
The following tables, which are prepared on lines similar to those previously
used, show the work which has been carried out at the Orthopaedic Clinic amongst
children of school age :—
No. of primary examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon
118
No. of re-examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon
359
The cases dealt with for the first time during 1935 were referred for the following
conditions, ond child having two defects :—
(a) Deformities—Bones and Joints—
(1) Congenital:
Deformed digits (foot) R. & L 1
(2) Acquired :
Injury—elbow-joint 4
„ shoulder-joint 1
„ ankle-joint 2
„ knee (cartilage) 1
„ fibula 1
Pes planus 42
Genu valgum 23
Genu varum 2
Hallux valgus 3
Hammer toe 3
Pes cavus 2
Rachitic chest 3
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