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1 CASE OF PARAPLEGIA - ACTION TAKEN
Admitted to Vale Road Physically Handicapped
School and supervised by Cerebral Palsy Unit 1
5 CASES OF MENTAL RETARDATION - ACTION TAKEN
For report to local health authority as unsuitable for education in school 2
For trial period in day nursery and,
probably, later report to local health
authority 1
Under supervision of Cerebral Palsy Unit 1
Under supervision of Cerebral Palsy Unit
and Audiology Unit 1
Orthopaedic Cases
Mr. E. Hambly, F. R. C. S., the orthopaedic surgeon at the
Prince of Wales's General Hospital, continues to supervise the physiotherapy
of a large number of dystrophy cases at the school who are
under the immediate care of Miss Marcus, the physiotherapist. Mr.
Hambly emphasises the excellence of her work and her enthisiasm,
which has done much to make this unit one of the best of its kind.
In conclusion, Mr. Hambly comments on the close co-operation which
exists between Dr. Dunham and himself in the running of these quite
separate units at the school.
Orthopaedic Clinics
Once again the orthopaedic clinics in both boroughs have been
very well attended throughout the year. 163 new cases, of whom
68 were pre-school children, have been seen by Mr. E. G. M. Palser,
the visiting consultant who has taken charge of the Hornsey orthopaedic
clinic in place of Mr. E. T. Bailey. 527 children were re-examined
by the consultant and there were no less than 3,040 attendances for
treatment by the physiotherapist.
An increase in the number of cases of knock-knee seen during
the year posed the question as to whether Hornsey children are
becoming more liable to this condition, or whether more of the less
obvious cases are being picked out by school medical officers at
routine medical inspections. A longer period of observation will be
necessary before the answer can be forthcoming. Meanwhile, a new
appliance for the treatment of spinal curvature has been designed,
made and used in a temporary setting. Now that the extension to
the Weston Park Clinic premises is completed, the apparatus will be
permanently installed.
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