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Orthopaedic Treatment.
In the course of the routine medical examination at the infant welfare centres, particular
attention has been paid to posture and the presence of orthopaedic deformities.
Infants presenting rachitic deformities, are referred to the baby clinic, where they attend for
ultra-violet light and massage, the severe cases needing continuous splinting being admitted to the
baby hospital.
Knock knee and flat foot in the pre-school child and any congenital deformities needing operative
or manipulative treatment are referred to the orthopaedic clinic at the Princess Louise Hospital.
From the South Kensington clinics, children needing orthopaedic treatment are referred to
the Princess Beatrice Hospital or to the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea.

The borough council make an annual grant to the authorities of the hospital for this treatment.
Massage treatment for children is also provided at the baby clinic and the South Kensington
infant welfare centre.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
Artificial sunlight treatment is administered at the baby clinic and hospital. During the
year 3,880 treatments were given and the average weekly attendance was 74; 311 children were
treated. A number of patients were also treated at the Princess Louise Hospital.
Convalescent Homes.
The council, under their maternity and child welfare scheme, provide convalescent home
treatment for mothers with babies under the age of six months. The following table shows the
institutions to which mothers and infants were sent during 1936, together with the number of
cases admitted. Each mother and baby stays in the home for a period of 14 days.
Mothers Mothers
Institution. admitted admitted
with without
babies. babies.
Evelyn Convalescent Cottage Home, Wargrave, Berkshire 8 1
Hambledon Cottage Home, Surrey 4 —
Holiday Cottage, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 9 1
Wayside Convalescent Home, Sunningdale, Surrey 9 3