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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: 0RTH0PAEDIG DEPARTMENT.The arrangements are the same as in 1940. Summary of Cases attending the Orthopaedic Clinic.

0RTH0PAEDIG DEPARTMENT.

The arrangements are the same as in 1940. Summary of Cases attending the Orthopaedic Clinic.

1st January, 1941New Cases, 19 41.Cases discharged 1941.Cases on Books 31st December 1941.
M.C.W.S.M.S.Tuberc.M.C.W.S.M.S.Tuberc.M.C.W.S.M.S.Tuberc.M.C.WS.M.S.Tuberc.
26425930102101162937-13316473
60321966369

Table: Cases seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon.

Cases seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon.

Defects.SchoolM.C.W.TuberculosisTotal
CasesVisits paidCasesVisits paidCasesVisits paidCasesVisits paid
Infantile Paralysis134014--1444
Curvature or Postural Defects.206811--2169
Pes Cavus410_---. 410
Pes Planus3185927--40112
Genu Valgum284546159--94204
Talipes266534111--60176
Obstetrical Paralysis-124-25
(49 a98a)
Joint Diseases102913( 7s11s)69144
2m3m)
Injuries3835--613
Rickets27919--1126
Wry Neck81511--916
Spasti c Parsplegia1421315--1736
Congenital dislocati on of the Hip.510.13--6131
Other deformities.347432481167123
19847816340059113420991

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Summarised the Ta.ble shows 198 School children attended and made 478 attendances, 163 babies made 400 attendances
and 59 Tuberculosis cases made 113 attendances, a total of 420 cses, making 991 attendances.