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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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One child was admitted for in-patient treatment and
the rest attended as out-patients, while in 72 cases
appliances were provided by the Council.
Records of attendances, results and clinical analysis follow:—
| Cases carried forward from 1937 | 61 |
| New cases attending in 1938 | 72 |
| Total number referred to Hospital | 133 |
| Discharged cured | 14 |
| Under treatment and carried forward | 80 |
| Transferred to other hospitals or depts | 3 |
| At school under the care of the L.C.C. | 15 |
| Removals from district | 8 |
| Parents refused further treatment | 11 |
| Lapsed attendances or dead | 2 |
| Total | 133 |
| Genu Valgum | 15 |
| „ Varum | 4 |
| „ Valgum with Pes planus | 8 |
| „ Varum „ | — |
| Flat Foot | 7 |
| Postural Kyphosis | — |
| Talipes | 3 |
| Eversion of feet | 1 |
| Inversion of right foot | — |
| Intoeing | 1 |
| Miscellaneous defects | 6 |
| Bowed Tibiae | 15 |
| „ „ with Pes planus | 11 |
| Curved Tibiae, valgus feet and ankles | 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