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Orthopaedic Clinic.
I am indebted to Mr. K. F. Hulbert, F.R.C.S., for the
following report on the Orthopedic Clinic:—
The Welling Orthopaedic Clinic has continued on the
1st and 3rd Wednesday morning throughout the year in
spite of the handicaps of accommodation which are now
acute. There has been no change in the kind of cases
attending, which are still very largely postural, back and
foot deformities. These could be much more easily handled
with better co-operation from the Physical Education
Department of the schools and this would save a lot of time
taken off for attending for special exercises.
Miss Cheeseman has continued her service as Physiotherapist
and we are greatly indebted to her for all that
she has done.
And to Mr. B. Lawson, F.R.C.S., for the following: —
I see approximately between thirty to forty children at
the Bexley Orthopaedic Clinic once a month on a Saturday
morning. Of these about one third are below school age.
In recent months it has become noticeable that local doctors
are referring their cases directly to the Clinic. There will be
several reasons for this but I think it is due particularly to
the fact that the doctors have become aware that their cases
can be seen by me at the Clinia as well as at the hospital;
but in a large measure it is due to the splendid co-operation by
Mrs. Poynder, the Physiotherapist, who is largely responsible
for the success and the running of the Clinic. Her quiet
efficiency and indulgence makes the Clinic a pleasant place
for the staff to work in, as well as for the patients to come to.
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