Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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In almost every case some form of active treatment was
prescribed, a few cases only being kept under observation. The
forms of treatment and the numbers of children receiving it are
shown below :—
T able iii.
Boys | Girls | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Alteration to Boots | 58 | 63 | 121 |
Splints | 90 | 74 | 164 |
Manipulation | 21 | 21 | 42 |
Jacket | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Massage | 81 | ||
Remedial Exercises | 229 | ||
Hospital Treatment (Operation) | 23 | 7 | 30 |
X-Ray | 4 | 4 | 8 |
The children referred for massage and remedial exercises made
6,080 attendances—an average of 19 attendances per child. Of
the 30 referred for operation in hospital only 4 failed to accept it.
Table IV.
No. | Very much Improved | Cured. | |
---|---|---|---|
Still attending Clinic :— | |||
For Active Treatment | 180 | 56 | — |
For Observation | 70 | 38 | — |
Discharged | 149 | 10 | 139 |
Treatment not Completed :— | |||
Left School | 57 | 25 | — |
Left District | 3 | — | — |
Failed to Attend | 42 | 1 | — |
Declined Treatment | 7 | — | — |
Private Treatment | 1 | — | — |
Total | 509 | 130 | 139 |