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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 1940
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking]
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PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1940.
| No. of Sessions held by Orthopaedic Surgeon | 9 | |
| No. of Sessions held by Masseuses | 1,353 | |
| School Children. | Toddlers & Adults | |
| ATTENDANCES | ||
| Primary Examination by Surgeon | 84 | 52 |
| Re-examination by Surgeon | 87 | 89 |
| For treatment | 2,505 | 5,816 |
| TOTALS | 2,676 | 5,957 |
| TREATMENTS | ||
| Number of Children | 377 | 1,023 |
| Number of Treatments | 3,145 | 8,248 |
| TOTALS | 3,522 | 9,271 |
| HOSPITAL TREATMENT | ||
| Admissions to Hospitals | 2 | 3 |
| On Waiting List for admission | - | |
| TOTALS | 2 | 3 |
| Cases dealt with for the first time during 1940 - by the Orthopaedic Surgeon - were referred for the following defects:- | ||
| a.DEFORMITIES OF BONES & JOINTS | ||
| 1. Congenital | 5 | 15 |
| 2. Acquired | 70 | 32 |
| b .MUSCULAR | ||
| 1. Congenital | 1 | 7 |
| 2. Acquired | 38 | 16 |
| c.PARALYSIS | 1 | 4 |
| d. MISCELLANEOUS | 7 | 8 |
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