Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Various—
(i) Hydrocephalus 2
(ii) Contracture following burn 1
(iii) Baker's Cyst 1
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CHILDREN UNDER SCHOOL AGE.
Deformities—Bones and Joints—
(a) Congenital—
(i) Abnormal skull 1
(b) Acquired—
(i) Rickets 7
(ii) Genu Valgum 3
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Muscular Deformities—
(a) Congenital—
(i) Torticollis 3
(ii) Talipes 5
(iii) Hemihypertrophy 1
(iv) Hypotonia 1
(b) Acquired—
(i) Pes Piano Valgus 2
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Paralysis—
(a) Congenital
(b) Acquired—
(i) Double Erb's 1
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During the year, four school children and three children under
school age were admitted to hospital.
The following operations have been carried out"—
(a) School children—
_(i) Manipulation for congenital dislocation of
hip joint 3
(ii) Tenotomy Tendo Achilles1
(iii) Steindler's operation 1
(iv) Manipulation—foot 1
(v) Tenotomy of Adductors 1
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