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REPORT OF THE ORTHOPAEDIC
CLINIC.
Orthopaedic Clinic,
Faircross School,
Barking, Essex.
May, 1931.
To the School Medical Officer.
The Orthopaedic Clinic has again shown an increase in
numbers, more particularly in the primary examinations, both of
school children and also those under school age.
The numbers are as follows:—
School Children. Under School Age.
Primary Examinations 37 43
Re-examinations 150 83
The findings of the primary examinations are as follows:—
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
1. Deformities—Bones and Joints—
(a) Congenital—
(i) Amputation of Forearm 1
(b) Acquired—
(i) Fractures 2
(ii) Arthritis 1
(iii) Genu Valgum 4
(iv) Genu Varum 1
(v) Rickets cum Epilepsy 1
2. Muscular Deformities—
(a) Congenital—
(i) Talipes 1
(ii) Torticollis 1