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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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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: | ||
| Asymmetry—skull | 1 | |
| (2) Acquired: | ||
| Genu valgum | 30 | |
| Bowed tibiae ... | 20 | |
| Bowed femora | 1 | |
| Genu varum | 1 | |
| 53 | ||
| (b) Muscular. | ||
| (1) Congenital: | ||
| ? Torticollis and Hsematoma sterno-mastoid | 9 | |
| Talipes | 3 | |
| (2) Acquired: | ||
| Pes piano-valgus | 40 | |
| Deformity of digits—foot | 3 | |
| Contracture-—hand and digits (burn) | 1 | |
| (c) Paralysis. | JU | |
| Amyotonia—neck muscles | 1 | |
| Anterior poliomyelitis | 1 | |
| 1 | 3 | |
| Total defects found | 112 | |
During the year, five children under school age were admitted to hospital and the following operations were carried out in these cases :—
| Osteoclasis—right and left feet—with plaster | 1 |
| Manipulation—left foot—and plaster | 1 |
| Plastic operation—hand-—skin graft | 1 |
| Plaster bed and splintage | 1 |