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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Massage Clinic.
The Massage Clinic in connection with the Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme is held at Lodge Road on five afternoons
a week. Cases are referred thereto by the doctors at the Infant
Welfare Centres. A few cases are also referred from the Orthopaedic
Clinic and from London Hospitals.
The following Table summarises the work done, and indicates the type of case referred.
| Total number of female patients | 43 |
| „ ,, male patients | 56 |
| Total | 99 |
| Conditions for which referred. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouth Breathing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Secondary Amyotonia | 1 | ... | 1 |
| General backwardness | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Infantile Paralysis | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Weak legs | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| Bow legs | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| Knock-knees | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| Flat-feet | |||
| Lordosis | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Torticollis | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Scar tissue | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Valgus ankles | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Spastic Paraplegia | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Weak back | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Congenital dislocation of hip | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Constipation | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 56 | 43 | 99 |
Total number of sessions 237
,, ,, attendances 1,625
Average attendance per session 7
Cases still under treatment at end of 1934 28