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Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION X.
ORTHOPÆDIC DEPARTMENT.
Cases referred for Orthopaedic treatment from the Tuberculosis,
the School Medical and other branches of the Public Health Department's
work are seen and treated by Mr. A. Todd at the Croydon
General Hospital every Thursday. The arrangement is based
financially on payment to the Hospital, per attendance. The cases
are referred to the Mayday Hospital, and various well-known
Orthopædic institutions for in-patient treatment. The after care
organiser of the Department attends at each session.
In addition to the Clinic at the General Hospital, concerning
which only the tables below relate, there are remedial exercises
clinics conducted under the School Medical Scheme (referred to in
the school report) and a massage clinic for children under five years,
referred by medical officers at the Welfare Centres.
Table CV.
Summary of Cases Attending the Orthopœdic Clinic.
| Jan. 1st, 1933. | New Cases, 1933. | Cases Discharged, 1933. | Cases on books, Dec. 31st, 1933. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C.W. | S.M.S. | Tuberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.S | Tuberc. | M.C.W | S.M.S | Tuberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.S | Tuberc. |
| 149 | 280 | 54 | 143 | 192 | 21 | 100 | 193 | 12 | 192 | 279 | 63 |
| 483 | 356 | 305 | 534 | ||||||||
The Clinic continues to expand steadily. On January 1st,
1928, there were 229 cases on the books, by January, 1934, this
figure had risen to 534; on January 1st, 1931, the figure was 439,
on January 1st, 1932, 458; and on January 1st, 1933, 483; 305
cases were discharged as compared with 254 in 1932, and there
were 356 new cases compared with 279 in the latter year.
Cases of bone, joint and abdominal Tuberculosis in childhood
are steadily declining and the number of new cases attributed to
Tuberculosis declined from 51 in 1929 to 42 in 1930, to 31 in 1931.
to 13 in 1932. In the year under review there was a small increase
in the number, which was 21.