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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Cases Seen by the Orthopccdic Surgeon.
| Defects. | School. | M.C.W. | Tuberculosis. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | |
| Infantile Paralysis Curvature or Postural | 10 | 22 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 11 | 26 |
| Defects | 26 | 40 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 40 |
| Pes Cavus | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 9 |
| Pes Planus | 89 | 167 | 14 | 24 | — | — | 103 | 191 |
| Genu Valgum | 46 | 58 | 73 | 134 | — | — | 119 | 192 |
| Talipes | 9 | 20 | 10 | 21 | — | — | 19 | 41 |
| Obstetrical Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39a | 84a | 2 | 3 |
| Joint Diseases | 4 | 6 | — | — | 4s | 5s | 49 | 102 |
| 2m | 7m | |||||||
| Injuries | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 14 |
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 6 |
| Wry Neck | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | — | — | 5 | 14 |
| Spastic Paraplegia | 8 | 12 | 6 | 9 | _ | _ | 14 | 21 |
| Congenital dislocation of the Hip . | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 22 |
| Other deformities | 46 | 59 | 30 | 39 | — | — | 76 | 98 |
| 264 | 434 | 143 | 249 | 45 | 96 | 452 | 779 | |
a—Adults; s—School Child; m—Pre-School.
Summarised the Table shows 264 school children attended
and made 434 attendances; 143 babies made 249 attendances;
and 45 tuberculosis cases made 96 attendances; a total of 452
cases, nakir.g 779 attendances.