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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

Beckenham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: The following summary shows the work of this Clinic during 1937, and the comparative figures are given for the preceding year:

The following summary shows the work of this Clinic during 1937, and the comparative figures are given for the preceding year:

Year.Half-day Sessions held.Surgeons Examinations.
Total attendances.New cases.Re-examinations.
School.Infants.School.Infants. School.Infants.
19353042,46171316061466188
19363543,13379811046608214
19373402,26391210243557240
Year.Treatment by Nurse.Electrical and other Treatments.Fees paid.
Massage.Exercises.
School.Infants.School.Infants.School.Infants.£s.d.
19353243671,419413112899
19342
19363054121,92132301313133
19372313721,127753762333052

Table: 145 children attended as new cases and the diagnoses are tabulated below. In six cases the diagnosis appears under two headings:-

145 children attended as new cases and the diagnoses are tabulated below. In six cases the diagnosis appears under two headings:-

Classification No.ConditionNo. of Cases
1.Congenital Deformities15
2.Birth Injuries2
3.Rickety Deformities14
4.Knock Knees (non rickety)20
5.Postural Defects22
6.Structural Curvature1
7.Flat Foot, Pes Cavus, Hallux Ridigus and Foot Strain27
8.Infantile Paralysis7
9.Sequelae of other Acute Fevers1
10.Fractures and other injuries4
11.Other Bone Disease (non-tuberculous)3
12.Osteomyelitis1
13.Other conditions including intoeing (see details below)7
14.Non-Orthopaedic10
15.Diagnosis Uncertain3
16.Diagnosis not Recorded13
Total150*

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*Six cases appear under two headings:—
7 and 4: 1 case. 4 and 5: 1 case. 5 and 7: 1 case. 5 and 14: 1 case.
3 and 5: l.case. 13 and 7: case.
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