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REPORT OF THE ORTHOPAEDIC
CLINIC.
Orthopaedic Clinic,
Faircross School,
Barking, Essex.
To the School Medical Officer.
The Orthopaedic Clinic this year has shown a slight increase
in numbers, particularly in children under school age.
The numbers are as follows:—
School Children. Under School Age.
Primary Examinations 28 27
Re-examinations 145 86
,The findings of my primary examinations are as follows:—
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
1. Deformities—Bones and Joints—
(a) Congenital—
(i) Shoemaker's Chest 1
(b) Acquired—
(i) Fractures 4
(ii) Arthritis 2
(iii) Genu Valgum 4
(iv) Tubercle of Spine 1
2. Muscular Deformities—
(a) Congenital—
(i) Torticollis 1
(ii) Scoliosis 1
(b) Acquired—
(i) Pes Piano Valgus 7
(ii) Kyphosis .. 5
(iii) Kypho-Lordosis 3
(iv) Injury to Ankle 1