London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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| (1) Congenital: | ||
| Hemiplegia | 1 | |
| Spastic diplegia | 1 | |
| (2) Acquired: | ||
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 2 | |
| Facial paralysis | 1 | |
| Ulnar paralysis | 1 | |
| Paresis of lower limbs | 1 | |
| 7 | ||
| Total defects found | 94 |
orthopaedic hospitals (Brookfield Hospital or Queen's Hospital for Children). The following operations were carried out in these cases:—
| Tenotomy sterno-mastoid (for Torticollis) | 2 |
| Plastic operation—webbed digits, hand | 1 |
| Open elongation—Gastrocnemius with plastic operation | 1 |
| Amputation digit, foot | 1 |
| Removal of Baker's cyst from knee | 1 |
| Hernia—radical cure | 1 |
| Plaster bed (for Scoliosis) | 1 |
| Investigation | 3 |