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that lie may be satisfied as to what progress they are making.
Children suffering from still more serious defects and requiring
operative treatment are admitted to the Royal National
Orthopedic Hospital Annexe, at Stanmore. I am indebted
to Mr. David Trevor, M.S., F.R.C.S., your Orthopaedic Surgeon,
for the following notes on this service:—
"The Orthopaedic Clinics for School Children have
been held throughout the year on the 2nd Monday of
the month at the Health Centre, The Burroughs, and on
the 4th Monday of the month at Cressingham Road, Watling
Estate; these clinics have been well attended.
The work done at the Clinic consists largely of
diagnosis of early orthopaedic conditions and their treatment.
Many of these conditions have been cured by
simple means, thereby avoiding prolonged treatment and
the possibility of operation which would be necessary if
the condition had been allowed to progress before the
child was referred to the Orthopaedic Clinic by the School
Medical Officers. Children with more advanced conditions
and disabilities have received operative treatment
when necessary at the Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore,
and arrangements were made for their subsequent treatment
at the Clinics immediately upon their discharge from
the Orthopaedic Hospital, thereby losing no time in the
all important post-operative care. This close liaison
between the Orthopaedic Clinic and the Hospital at Stanmore
is beneficial for the welfare of school children. This
was well exemplified last summer, when several children
were admitted from the Borough of Hendon to the
Orthopaedic Hospital suffering from infantile paralysis.
After their in-patient treatment at the Hospital was concluded
they continued the very important physiotherapy
treatment at the 'Clinics under the supervision of the
Orthopaedic Surgeon and the watchful eye of Physiotherapist,
Mrs. Yorke. These children made remarkable
recoveries, which in no small part was due to the very
excellent physiotherapy treatment provided at these
Clinics."