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Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE
ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC.
The following tables, which are prepared on lines similar to those previously used, show the work which has been carried out at the Orthopaedic Clinic amongst children of school age:—
| Number of primary examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon | 92 |
| Number of re-examinations by Orthopedic Surgeon | 215 |
The cases dealt with for the first time during 1933 were referred for the following conditions, some children having more than one defect:—
| (a) Deformities—Bones arid Joints— | ||
| (1) Congenital: | ||
| Dislocation—hip | 1 | |
| (2) Acquired: | ||
| Injury—elbow joint | 2 | |
| Genu varum | 1 | |
| Genu valgum | 9 | |
| Bowed tibiae | 1 | |
| Tibial deformity—foot | 1 | |
| Hallux valgus | 1 | |
| Hæmophyliac ankle | 1 | 17 |
| (b) Muscular— | ||
| (1) Congenital: | ||
| Talipes | 1 | |
| Torticollis | 1 | |
| Webbed digits—hand | 1 | |
| Webbed digits—feet | 1 | |
| (2) Acquired: | ||
| Kypho-Lordosis | 16 | |
| Kyphosis | 23 | |
| Pes plano-valgus | 22 | |
| Torticollis | 1 | |
| Scoliosis | 2 | |
| Winged scapulae | 1 | |
| Pes cavus | 1 | |
| 70 |