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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE
ORTHOPÆDIC CLINIC.
Orthopædic treatment in Barking provides massage,
medical electricity (which includes the latest form of
apparatus, namely, for short-wave therapy, called the
inductotherm), plasters, splints, remedial exercises,
including those for flat feet, etc.
During the year a third full-time masseuse has been
appointed, and as previously these masseuses have
given treatment, not only at the Orthopædic Clinics,
but at the Barking Hospital and the Upney Maternity
Pavilion. There has been a considerable increase in the
number of treatments to be given at the latter Hospital,
in fact they take up a large part of the time of one
masseuse.
The following tables give some outline of the cases
treated and the work which has been carried out
amongst toddlers and mothers.
There would appear to be a large number of cases of
genu valgum (knock knee) of an acquired nature, which
may be a reflection somewhat on the time at which
parents allow their babies to assume the erect posture.
No. of primary examinations by Orthopædic
Surgeon 178
No. of re-examinations by Orthopædic
Surgeon 174.
The cases dealt with for the first time during 1938
were referred for the following conditions :—
(a) Deformities of Bones and Joints.
1. Congenital:
Digitus varus 1
Exostosis1
Mid-tarsal varus 4