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ORTHOPÆDIC SECTION.
The Scheme remains as in previous years, the Surgeon
attending approximately once a month at the Hendon and
Watling Health Centres, but owing to the numbers requiring
examination and treatment it has been necessary to hold
additional Surgeon's sessions from time to time. This
increasing number was also reflected in the work of the
Masseuse, who is now devoting practically the whole of her
time to work in connection with your Scheme.
Many of the conditions seen proved to be of a minor
character, such as slight degree of round shoulders, and it
may be possible to organise a system whereby once this type
of case has been seen by the Orthopcedic Surgeon, to exclude
more serious disease, it might then be referred for treatment
carried out under the physical training scheme, which is now
being developed. This is a possibility which will be explored
as soon as the Scheme is in full working order, but if this
is not practicable it might prove advantageous to make the
appointment of the Masseuse a full time one.
The following Table summarises the work of the
Orthopaedic Clinic during the year:—
TABLE XXV.
452 School Medical Service cases attended, and made 3,931
attendances.
250 Maternity and Child Welfare cases attended, and
made 1,474 attendances.
Total cases 702. Total attendances 5,405.
206 School Medical Service cases attended for the first
time.
141 Maternity and Child Welfare cases attended for the
first time.
1060 Examinations were made by the Orthopaedic Surgeon.
13 Cases were sent to the Royal National Orthopædic
Hospital at Stanmore.
702 Cases received treatment or were kept under observation
at the clinic.