Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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During the year, sixteen children were admitted to Hospital, fifteen for operations and one for observation, as follows:—
| Operations: Manipulation and plaster | 3 | |
| Arthrodesis and plaster | 4 | |
| Removal of Baker's cyst | 1 | |
| Excision of exostosis | 1 | |
| Cuneiform osteotomy digit 1 and plaster | 2 | |
| Steindler operation and plaster | 2 | |
| Draining abscess and plaster | 1 | |
| Splintage and re-education | 5 | |
| Observation and splintage | 1 | 20 |
| Observation | 1 | |
| Total | 21 |
B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, F.R.C.S.
Orthopædic Surgeon.