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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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 |