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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
Leyton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Dentures supplied—
Full upper and partial lower 1
Full upper and lower 4
Full upper 1
Partial upper 3
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Orthopaedic Treatment.
Primary Examinations.—During the year 56 children were
referred from the Infant Welfare Clinics to the Council's Orthopaedic
Surgeon. The orthopaedic defects included :—
Congenital.
Torticollis 1
Flexion deformity knee 1
Talipes 9
Webbed digits—feet 1
Spastic diplegia 1
Acquired .
Genu valgum25
Bowed tibiae 14
Bowed femora 1
Pes piano valgus 27
Deformity—digit foot1
Deformity hip joint 1
Anterior poliomyelitis 1
Baker's cyst 1
Naevus1
Re-examinations.—In addition to the 56 new cases mentioned
above, 195 children under five years of age attended for re-examination
by the Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Treatment.—One hundred and eight children made 501 attendances
at Knotts Green Special School for special treatment by the
Council's Masseuse (Miss Findlay).