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Bethnal Green 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Orthopaedic Surgeons at the Queen's Hospital in
connection with the Borough Council's Orthopaedic
scheme.
RECORDS:—
| Cases carried forward from 1937 | 28 |
| New cases | 108 |
| Subsequent attendances | 1,430 |
| Total treatments | 1,538 |
| Rickets | 16 |
| Curved Tibife | 11 |
| Genu Valgum (knock knee) | 4 |
| „ Varum (bow legs) | 5 |
| Pes Planus (flat foot) | 16 |
| Talipes | 1 |
| Torticollis | 18 |
| Faulty Chest Development | 25 |
| General Muscular Debility | 31 |
| Scoliosis | 1 |
| Little's Disease | 1 |
| Injury to Thigh | 1 |
| Defective Posture | 1 |
| Collapsed Lung | 1 |
| Debility following Illness | 4 |
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT.
During the year, there was an increase in the
number of recommendations for convalescent treatment
for nursing mothers and children.
Mothers:
The bed reserved at the Zachary Merton Convalescent
Home, Rustington, was kept occupied
during the nine months of its availability, and the
London Mothers Convalescent Home, Sunningdale,
also provided vacancies. Seventeen mothers went to
Rustington and fifteen to Sunningdale, total 32
compared with 20 during 1937.