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Survey of Orthopaedic Cases.
During the period from September, 1925, to December, 1930,
upwards of 500 children attended for treatment at the Orthopaedic
Clinic, the majority (almost 90 per cent.) being referred either
from the Infant Welfare Centre or from the routine medical inspection
of school children. Table I shows the numbers referred from
each source :—

The orthopaedic surgeon examined each child on its first
attendance and thereafter at stated intervals in order to check
or to modify the treatment prescribed. The total number of
examinations by the surgeon was 1,380—giving an average of 2
to 3 examinations per child. In many instances two or more
conditions requiring orthopaedic treatment were found to co-exist
in the same child. The defects discovered are indicated in Table II.