Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABULATED DIAGNOSES OF NEW CASES DEALT WITH
DURING 1937.
(1) Congenital Defects— | |
Metatarsal varus | 2 |
Pes arcuatus | 1 |
Irregular toes | 4 |
Congenital flat foot | 2 |
Spastic paralysis | 1 |
Congenital kypho-scoliosis | 1 |
Congenital equino valgus | 1 |
Pes cavus | 1 |
Spastic monoplegia | 1 |
Congenital synostosis | 1 |
Other conditions | 5 |
(2) Birth Injuries— | |
Torticollis | 1 |
Other Conditions | 1 |
(3) Rickety Deformities— | |
Bow legs | 3 |
Other conditions | 3 |
(4) Knock knees | 5 |
(5) Postural defects of the spine | 62 |
(6) Structural curvature of spine | 6 |
(7) Foot strain | 5 |
(8) Pes cavus | 1 |
(9) Hallux valgus | 3 |
10) Flat foot | 10 |
(11) Infantile paralysis | 9 |
(12) Sequelae of acute fevers— | |
Post Diphtheritic weakness | 1 |
(13) Fractures | 1 |
(141 Other bone diseases— | |
Apophysitis of the os calcis | 2 |
(15) Other conditions, including postural intoeing. | 10 |
(16) Non-orthopaedic | 8 |
Total | 151 |
Number of individual cases dealt with in 1937 | 293 |
Total number of attendances for treatment | 4,919 |