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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
Mr. B. Whitchurch Howell, Orthopaedic Surgeon, has taken this opportunity
to pay Miss A. E. Findlay a well-deserved compliment for her expert service since
the foundation of the Clinic in 1925. He would also like to add that her courtesy,
tact and mature judgment, the result of years of administrative and orthopaedic
experience elsewhere, made her one of the most valuable members of the orthopaedic
team, not only in Barking, but in the County of Essex.
On first attendance at an Infant Welfare Clinic, each child is carefully
scrutinised for any deformities or disabilities which require the care of the
Orthopaedic Snrgeon. Also cases showing developmental deformities during their
attendance at the Centres are referred to his Clinic for advice and treatment at the
earliest possible opportunity. Other cases are sent by the local medical
practitioners.
During the year sixteen children received orthopaedic treatment as in-patients
in hospitals approved under the Council's Orthopaedic Scheme.
The results show the value of early and thorough treatment, the less serious
deformities being restored to perfect function and even more advanced crippling
defects being materially assisted and improved.