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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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1940.

PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1940.

No. of Sessions held by Orthopaedic Surgeon9
No. of Sessions held by Masseuses1,353
School ChildrenToddlers & Adults
ATTENDANCES
Primary Examination by Surgeon Re-examination by Surgeon For treatment8452
8789
2,5055,816
TOTALS2,6765,957
TREATMENTS
" Number of Children3771,023
Number of Treatments3,1458,248
TOTALS3,5229,271
HOSPITAL TREATMENT
Admissions to Hospitals23
On Waiting List for admission--
TOTALS23
Cases dealt with for the first time during 1940 - by the Orthopaedic Surgeon- were referred for the following defects
a. DEFORMITIES OF BONES & JOINTS
1. Congenital515
2. Acquired7032
b. MUSCULAR
1. Congenital17
2. Acquired3816
C .PARALYSIS14
d. MISCELLANEOUS78

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