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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The cases dealt with for the first time during 1938 were referred for the following conditions:—
| (a) Deformities of Bones and Joints. | ||
| 1. Congenital: | ||
| Additional digit—feet | 1 | |
| Congenital dislocation hip | 1 | |
| Deformity—foot | 1 | |
| Deformity—digit | 1 | |
| Digitus varus | 1 | |
| Mid-tarsal varus | 1 | |
| Talipes | 2 | |
| 2. Acquired: | ||
| Bowed tibiæ | 5 | |
| Deformed chest | 27 | |
| Exostosis | 3 | |
| Genu valgum | 58 | |
| Genu varum | 11 | |
| Hallux valgus | 2 | |
| Hallux rigidus | 1 | |
| Hammer toes | 3 | |
| Harrison's sulcus | 1 | |
| Injury—foot | 1 | |
| Injury—thumb | 1 | |
| Injury—ankle | 1 | |
| Injury—finger | 2 | |
| Kohler's disease | 1 | |
| Left shoulder higher than right | 1 | |
| Perthe's disease | 1 | |
| Pes planus | 22 | |
| Valgus ankles | 9 | |
| Von Schlatter's Disease | 1 | |
| ? Arthritis—hip and knee | 1 | |
| ? Internal Derangement knee | 1 | 161 |