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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 1942

[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 1942.Number of Sessions held ty Orthopaedic Surgeon: 12 Number of Sessions held try Masseuses: 1,031

PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1942.

Number of Sessions held ty Orthopaedic Surgeon: 12 Number of Sessions held try Masseuses: 1,031

Toddlers & Adults.School Children.
ATTEN DANCES.
Primary Examination by Surgeon95104
Re-examination try Surgeon132150
For treatment6,6585, 856
TOTALS6,8856,110
TREATMENTS.
Number of Cases968800
Number of Treatments9,3247,668
TOTALS.10,2928,468
HOSPITAL TREATMENT.
Admissions to Hospitals2
On Waiting List for Admission2
TOTALS.22
Cases dealt with for the first time during 1942 - by the Orthopaedic Surgeon - were referred for the following defects:-
(a) DEFORMITIES OF BONES & JOINTS:
1. Congenital.74
2. Acquired.6883
(b) MUSCULAR:
1. Congenital.71
2. Acquired.610
(c) PARALYSIS:34
(d) MISCELLANEOUS.117