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REPORT OF THE ORTHOPÆDIC
CLINIC.
Orthopaedic Clinic,
Faircross School,
Barking, Essex.
To the School Medical Officer.
The Orthopaedic Clinic during this year has shown an increase
in every way.
Thirty-eight school children and eighteen children under
school age were examined by me for the first time during the year,
my findings being as follows:-
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Deformities—Bones and Joints—
(a) Congenital:
(i) Congenital dislocation of hip 3
(b) Acquired:
(i) Fractures 3
(ii) Derangement—knee joint 1
(iii) Arthritis—hip joint 1
(iv) Genu Valgum 4
(v) T. B. Spine 1
Muscular Deformities— 13
(а) Congenital:
(i) Torticollis 2
(b) Acquired:
(i) Pes Piano Valgus 5
(ii) Kyphosis 1
(iii) Scoliosis 1
Paralysis— 9
(d) Congenital
(i) Hemiplegia 2
(ii) Diplegia 2
(iii) Spastic Gait 1
(iv) Pseudo-hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis 1
(b) Acquired:
(i) Anterior Polio Myelitis 3
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