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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 1943

[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 1943.Number of Sessions held by the OrthopaedicSurgeon 12Number of Sessions held by the Masseuses.. 1 ,137

PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1943.

Number of Sessions held by the Orthopaedic

Surgeon 12

Number of Sessions held by the Masseuses.. 1 ,137

Toddlers & AdultsSchool Children
Attendances. Primary Examination bv Surgeon11781
Re-examination by Surgeon100130
For treatment6,2477,868
Totals6,4648,079
Treatments. Number of Cases8061,309
Number of Treatments9,3428,856
Hospital Treatment. Admissions to Hospitals12
On waiting List for Admission—2
Totals14

Table: Cases dealt with for the first time during 1943 —by the Orthopaedic Surgeon—were referred for the following defects :—

Cases dealt with for the first time during 1943 —by the Orthopaedic Surgeon—were referred for the following defects :—

Toddlers & AdultsSchool Children
(a) Deformities of Bones & Joints :— 1. Congenital74
2. Acquired9468
(b) Muscular :— 1. Congenital42
2. Acquired32
(e) Paralysis55
(d) Miscellaneous158