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Barking 1934
[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 Orthopedic Clinic amongst
children of school age :—
No. of primary examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon 112
No. of re-examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon 249
The cases dealt with for the first time during 1934 were referred for the
following conditions, some children having more than one defect:—
The cases dealt with for the first time during 1934 were referred for the following conditions, some children having more than one defect:—
| (a)Deformities-Bones and Joints- | ||
| (1) Congenital | Nil | |
| (2) Acquired : | ||
| Injury—elbow-joint | 3 | |
| „ hip-joint | 1 | |
| „ knee | 1 | |
| Arthritis with dislocation—hip | 1 | |
| Old fracture— femur | 1 | |
| Genu valgum | 18 | |
| Genu varum | 3 | |
| Hallux valgus | 1 | |
| Shoemaker's chest | 2 | |
| 31 | ||
| (b) | ||
| (1) Congenital: | ||
| Torticollis | 3 | |
| Absence of pectoralis— major R. | 1 | |
| Talipes | 2 | |
| Flexion deformity digits (hand) R. and L. | 1 | |
| (2) Acquired : | ||
| Kypho-lordosis | 4 | |
| Kyphosis and pigeon chest | 22 | |
| Pes plano-valgus | 46 | |
| Deformity—digits—foot | 5 | |
| „ „ hand | 1 | |
| 85 | ||