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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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58 children attended the hospital this year. Two
were admitted for in-patient treatment and the rest
attended as out-patients, while in 29 cases appliances
were provided by the Council.
Records of attendances, results and clinical analysis follow :—
| Cases carried forward from 1936 | 34 |
| New cases attending in 1937 | 58 |
| Total number referred to Hospital | 92 |
| Results :— | |
| Discharged cured | 8 |
| Under treatment and carried forward | 61 |
| Transferred to other hospitals or depts. | 2 |
| At school under the care of the L.C.C. | 6 |
| Removals from district | 5 |
| Parents refused further treatment | 5 |
| Lapsed attendances | 5 |
| Total | 92 |
| Genu Valgum | 21 |
| „ Varum | 21 |
| ,, Valgum with Pes planus | 16 |
| „ Varum „ | 12 |
| Flat Foot | 12 |
| Postural Kyphosis | 1 |
| Talipes | 3 |
| Eversion of feet | 2 |
| Inversion of right foot | 1 |
| Intoeing | 1 |
| Misplacement of toe nails | 1 |
| No treatment necessary | 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