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see children in accordance with the Borough Council's
Orthopaedic scheme.
When weather permits the treatment is given
out of doors. Results have been good and the scope
of the work varied. It is interesting to see how seriously
the children take the exercises that are taught
and how well they do them. Improvement in chest
development and in early flat foot is marked in conquence
and is a tribute to the conscientious performance
of these exercises at home.
RECORDS:—
Cases carried forward from 1934 17
New cases treated in 1935 129
Subsequent attendances 1,714
Total treatments 1,860
Discharged, treatment completed 123
Carried forward to 1936 23
Analysis of Cases :—
Children :
Rickets 24
Genu Valgum 32
,, Varum 5
Flat Foot 16
Talipes 3
Torticollis 12
Chest deformity 10
Amyotonia 23
Spastic Diplegia 1
Erb's Paralysis 1
Anterior Poliomyelitis 1
Debility after severe illness 3
Constipation 11
Mothers :
Failing Breast Milk 3
Arthritis of Wrist following fracture 1
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT.
During the year 22 mothers were sent to the
London Mothers' Convalescent Home, Sunningdale,
Berkshire, and 16 mothers to the " George Whitlaw"
Convalescent Cottage, Amerden, near Taplow,