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 Bethnal Green Borough]
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Copy of Report concerning Orthopaedic Cases treated during
1931.
Record of Cases carried over from 1930.
Total Number.
*Number still attending Clinic 11
„ lapsed 26
Unable to attend 6
43
♦Including 1 recommended for in.patient treatment at Royal National
Orthopaedic Hospital.
Record of New Cases in 1931.
Number attending 56
13 cured
„ discharged 4 unable to attend 18
1 sent to Infant Welfare
Treatment stopped 4
Recommended for in.patient treatment at Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital 4
Transferred to other Hospitals 3
Left District 4
Lapsed 27
115
Record of Cases treated during 1931, including 115 new
cases.
Erbs Paralysis 1
Torticollis 6
Curved Tibia (Rachitic) 82
Genu Valgum 42
*Talipes Equino Varus 7
Flat Feet 14
A.P.M. 1
Genu Recurvation 1
Spastic Monoplegia 1
Scoliosis 2
General Debility 1
158
♦Including 1 Spastic E. V. with Spina bifida.
Dr. H. J. Seddon.s comments are as follows: —
A large number of cases of bowing of the tibiae and
knock.knee have been seen in the Clinic during the past
year. They have responded to treatment in a most gratifying
way. The conditions were diagnosed early and in most