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Barking 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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PARTICULARS OP THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1941.

No. of Sessions held by Orthopaedic Surgeon: 11 No. of Sessions held by Masseuses: 1,052

Toddlers & Adults.School Children
ATTENDANCES.
Primary Examination by Surgeon6673
Re-examination by Surgeon105101
For treatment5,9864,751
TOTALS6,1574,925
TREATMENTS.
Number of Children880724
Number of Treatments8,9035,514
TOTALS9,7656,238
HOSPITAL TREATMENT.
Admissions to Hospitals--
On Waiting List for admission--
TOTALS--
Cases dealt with for the first time during 19U1 - by the Orthopaedic Surgeon - were referred for the following defects:-
(a) DEFORMITIES OF BONES & JOINTS:
1. Congenital2-
2, Acquired584l
("b) MUSCULAR:
1. Congenital-1
2. Acquired.-40
(c) PARALYSIS15
(d) MISCELLANEOUS10-

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