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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

Croydon 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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the organiser of physical training. The class is held for twenty
minutes daily. The more intractable cases are drafted from time to
time to the central remedial exercises clinic.

Table: (b) Massage Clinic.—A massage clinic is conducted at Welcome Hall by Miss Batson as masseuse, in close association with Miss Appleton's spinal remedial clinic. Children suffering from the effects of1 infantile paralysis, club foot, and various forms of muscular atrophy and dystrophy receive a combination of massage and exercise. The following details of children treated may be given:—

(b) Massage Clinic.—A massage clinic is conducted at Welcome Hall by Miss Batson as masseuse, in close association with Miss Appleton's spinal remedial clinic. Children suffering from the effects of1 infantile paralysis, club foot, and various forms of muscular atrophy and dystrophy receive a combination of massage and exercise. The following details of children treated may be given:—

Infantile paralysis11
Hemiplegia6
Pseudo-hypertrophic dystrophy2
Torticollis1
Congenital dislocation of hip2
Scoliosis23
Old fractures with complications2
Clubfoot1
Flat foot12
Chorea1
Rickets1
Rheumatic arthritis1
General debility and other conditions2
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(c) Breathing Class.—A breathing class is also held by Miss
Batson in the same room as the above-named clinics. 386 children
attending during the year. Of these, 224 were children who were
admitted to the class two weeks after undergoing operations for
enlarged tonsils and adenoids, while 162 were other children needing
breathing exercises. The class has a very definite and important
place in the procedure for dealing with children suffering from
nhealthy conditions of the naso-pharynx, as well as for others
leeding instruction in correct breathing.
(d) Other Classes.—A "flat-foot" class has been held during
the year, attended by 12 children; also a "crawling" class,
attended by 13 children with comparatively slight degrees of spinal
curvature, the exercises being based on those given for this condition
at King's College Hospital.
In connection with these clinics, it is appropriate to refer to
the fact that a scheme for the prevention and early treatment of