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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
Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Massage Clinic.
The massage clinic in connection with the M. and C.W.
Scheme is held at Lodge Road on five afternoons a week. Cases
are referred thereto by the doctors at the Infant Welfare Centres.
A few cases are also referred from the Orthopaedic Clinic.
The following Table summarises the work done, and indicates
the type of case referred.
| Total number of female patients | 45 |
| ,, ,, male patients | 41 |
| Total . | 86 |
Table XCIX.
| Conditions for which referred | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouth Breathing | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Scoliosis | 1 | ||
| General backwardness | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Infantile Paralysis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weak legs | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Bow legs | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Knock-knees | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Flat-feet | |||
| Hemiplegia | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Torticollis | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Scar tissue ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Valgus ankles | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Spastic Paraplegia | 1 | 3 | |
| Weak back | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Congenital dislocation of hip | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Constipation | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 41 | 45 | 86 |
Total number of sessions 251
,, ,, attendances 1,575
Average attendance per session . 7
Cases still under treatment at end of 1933 25