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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 1926
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking
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| (1) Pes Planus | 1 |
| (2) Contracture of digits right-hand (resulting from severe burn) | 1 |
| (3) Injury to wrist with ulnar neuroma, right | 1 |
| (4) Cretinism | 1 |
| (5) Alopoecia | 1 |
| (6) Ringworm | 1 |
| (7) Glands (? T.B.) | 3 |
| 9 | |
| Total | 30 |
CHILDREN UNDER SCHOOL AGE.
| Rickets | 10 | |
| Paralysis:— | ||
| . 2 | ||
| . 1 | ||
| Congenital Deformities:— | 3 | |
| 1 | ||
| 1 | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis of Spine | 1 | |
| Glands | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | |
123 school children and 20 children under school age were,
re-examined by me during the year.
The following operations have been carried out:—
| (i) Tenotomy-Tendo Achillis | 2 |
| (ii) Stoffel's-Median Nerve | 1 |
| (iii) Osteotomy-Phalanx Digit 1st R. & L. | 1 |
| (iv) Tenotomy, sterno—mastoid, right | 1 |
| (v) Osteotomy—elbow joint | 1 |
| Total | 6 |