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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
Ilford 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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individual children of school age being examined making 789
attendances.
(ii) Mayesbrook Clinic.—12 sessions were held during 1936,
226 individual children of school age being examined, making
385 attendances.
The 691 children were found to be suffering from the following defects :—
| Valentines. | Mayesbrook. | |
|---|---|---|
| Paralyses :— | ||
| Infantile paralysis | 19 | 6 |
| Spastic monoplegia | 1 | — |
| Spastic paraplegia | 3 | — |
| Spastic hemiplegia | 4 | — |
| Spastic diplegia | 1 | — |
| Spinal curvature:— | ||
| Scoliosis | 26 | 12 |
| Kyphosis | 15 | 12 |
| Slight Kypho-Lordosis | 41 | 15 |
| Congenital equino-varus (club-foot) | 5 | 2 |
| Torticollis (wry-neck) | 6 | 3 |
| Genu valgum (knock-knee) | 120 | 50 |
| Flat feet | 31 | 16 |
| Round shoulders | 6 | 3 |
| Pigeon chest | 11 | 17 |
| Pes valgus | 39 | 24 |
| Old osteomyelitis | 1 | — |
| Deformity of toe | 17 | 9 |
| Congenital dislocation of hips | 3 | 1 |
| Flat chest | 10 | 4 |
| Depressed sternum | 9 | 1 |
| Hallux valgus | 3 | 2 |
| Other defects | 94 | 49 |
| 465 | 226 | |
13 children of school age were admitted to the country branch
of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, at Stanmore, in 1936,
suffering from:— (1) Webbed fingers. (2) Exostosis on dorsum of
left foot. (3) Multiple septic arthritis. (4) Hammer toe. (5) Genu
valgum. (6) Postural kypho-lordosis. (7) Spastic paralysis of
left leg. (8) Scoliosis. (9) Congenital dislocation of both hips.
(10) Pes cavus (2 cases). (11) Anterior Poliomyelitis (2 cases).