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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The findings at the primary examination were as follows:— Deformities— Bones and Joints.
| (a) Congenital— | |
| Sprengel— left | 1 |
| Deformity digits— foot | 4 |
| Hammer toe | 4 |
| Hallux valgus | 5 |
| Bowed tibiæ | 1 |
| Genu varum | 1 |
| Genu valgum | 6 |
| Injury— knee | 1 |
| Old fracture— femur | 1 |
| T.B. ankle | 1 |
| Muscular. | |
| Torticollis | 2 |
| Talipes | 2 |
| (b) Acquired— | |
| Scoliosis | 3 |
| Kyphosis | 1 |
| Winged scapulae | 1 |
| Pes cavus | 2 |
| Pes piano valgus | 16 |
| Valgus ankles | 2 |
| Metatarsalgia | 1 |
| Paralysis. | |
| Spastic hemiplegia | 2 |
| Spastic diplegia | 1 |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 3 |
| Also— | |
| Kohler's disease | 1 |
| Fibrocystic disease— arm | 1 |