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Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION X.
ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT.
Cases referred for Orthopaedic treatment from the Tuberculosis
and other branches of the Public Health Department's work, are
seen and treated by Mr. A. Todd at the Croydon General Hospital
every Thursday. The arrangement is based financially on payment
to the Hospital, per attendance. The cases are referred to the
Mayday Hospital, and various well-known Orthopaedic institutions
for in-patient treatment.
In addition to the Clinic at the General Hospital, concerning
which the tables below relate to only, there are remedial exercises
clinics conducted under the School Medical Scheme (referred to in
the school report) and a massage clinic for children under five years,
referred by medical officers at the Welfare Centres.
Table C.
| Jan. 1st, 1932. | New Cases, 1932. | Cases Discharged, 1932. | Cases on hooks, Dec. 31st, 1932. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C.W. | S. M.S. | Tuberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.s | Tuberc. | M.C.W | S.M.S | Tuberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.S. | Tub. rc. |
| 134 | 265 | 59 | 133 | 133 | 13 | 95 | 141 | 18 | 172 | 257 | 54 |
| 458 | 279 | 254 | 483 | ||||||||
The Clinic continues to expand steadily. On January 1st,
1928, there were 229 cases on the books, by January, 1st, 1933, this
figure had risen to 483 ; on January 1st, 1931, the figure was 439,
and on January 1st, 1932, 458; 254 cases were discharged as compared
with 343 in 1931, and there were 279 new cases compared
with 362 in the latter year.
Cases of bone, joint and abdominal Tuberculosis in childhood
are steadily declining and the number of new cases attributed to
Tuberculosis declined from 51 in 1929 to 42 in 1930, to 31 in 1931,
and 13 in 1932.