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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TableII.Cases Seen by the Orthopedic Surgeon.

TableII.

Cases Seen by the Orthopedic Surgeon.

Defect.School.M.C.W.T uberculosis.Total.
Cases.Visits paid.Cases.Visits paid.Cases.Visits paid.CasesVisits paid
Infantile Paralysis1757522......2279
Curvature or postural defects339730......36106
Pes Cavus824519......1343
Pes Planus901852139......111224
Genu Valgum388580iso......118265
Talipes37315......622
Obstetrical Paralysis413619.......1032
Joint Disease113241125A 19S 3M63A 48S 4 M62158
Injuries1647131s1s1851
Rickets271027......1234
Wry Neck829610......1439
Spastic Paraplegia153848......1946
Other Deformities571203261......89181
30274118042348ll65301280

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*Includes cases of ankle valgus, spasmodic valgus, and other predisposing
causes of flat feet.
Summarised, the Table shows 302 school children attended
and made 741 attendances; 180 babies made 423 attendances;and
48 tuberculosis cases made 110 attendances; a total of 530 cases,
making 1,280 attendances.
These figures show a considerable decline upon 1935, this
decline being greatest in the Maternity and Child Welfare cases.
This is a favourable sign pointing, as it would seem to do, to the
good effects of the teaching and the instruction of mothers at the
Infant Welfare Centres. Although the number of actual school
cases declined, the attendances rose.
The following Table shows the number of cases referred
direct from the Orthopaedic Clinic for massage, Swedish remedial,
and electrical treatment, and also X-Ray examination at the
Croydon General Hospital.