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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following Table shows the number of cases refered direct from the Orthopaedic Clinic for Massage, Swedish Remedial and Electrial Treatment, and also X-Ray examinations at'the Croydon General -ospital.
| School Cases | M.C.W. Cases | Tuberculosis Cases | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defects | Cases | No. of Treatments | X—Rays L | i Cases | I No. of Troatmonts | X-Ray | Cases | No. of Treatments | X-Rays | Cases | No. of Treatments | X-Rays |
| Infantile Paralysis | 2 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 56 | - |
| Curvature or postural . | 14 | 328 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 344 | 3 | |
| Pes cavus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pes planus | 2 | 46 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 47 | - |
| Genu Valgum | 2 | 33 | - | 1 | - | l | - | - | - | 3 | 33 | 1 |
| Talipes | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | - |
| Bone and Joint disease | 8 | - | 9 | - | - | - | 27 | - | 28 | 35 | - | 37 |
| Injuries | 2 | 4 | 2. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | 1 | - | l | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Wry Neck | 3 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 53 | - |
| Spastic paraplegia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cong. Dis. of the hip | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Other Deformities | 6 | 20 | 10 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 9 | 20 | 13 |
| 41 | 540 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 29 | 78 | 574 | 60 | |
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