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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made on their time, It is a regrettable fact, for all
the conditions as set out in the clinical analysis for
which these children have been referred to hospital
can be cured and future disability or deformity
eliminated.
Records of attendances, results and clinical
analysis follow :—
Records :—
Cases carried forward from 1934 45
New cases attending in 1935 43
Total number referred to Hospital 88
Results :—
Discharged cured 6
Treatment completed but still under observation 3
Under treatment and carried forward 32
Transferred to other hospitals 2
At school under the care of the L.C.C. 13
Removals from district 10
Parents refused treatment 2
Lapsed attendances 20
Total 88
Analysis of cases :—
Genu Valgum 22
„ Varum 22
,, Valgum with Pesplanus 16
„ Varum „ 23
Congenital Dislocation of Hip 1
Rickets and flat Foot 1
Active Rickets 1
Talipes 1
Postural Kyphosis 1
MASSAGE.
Cases are referred for Massage directly from the
Medical Officers of the Clinics, by outside hospitals
in cases where it is easier for the mother to attend
the Welfare Centre than the hospital, or by the
Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Queen's Hospital who