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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Physiotherapy.
Twenty-one children were referred to Whipps Cross Hospital
for corrective exercises.

Table: Admissions to Hospital.Eleven children were admitted to hospital, and the following operations performed:—

Admissions to Hospital.

Eleven children were admitted to hospital, and the following operations performed:—

Tenotomy digits2
Flexor tendon transfer—hammer toes5
Stretching of tendo achilles under G.A.1
Tenotomy of tendo achilles and P.O.P.2
Removal of loose bodies—knee1
Surgical Appliances and Boots.
Minor alterations to boots (wedges, etc.)66
Valgus insoles2
Walking caliper2
High boot1
Raised boot1
Raised shoe2
Catterhall spring2
Hallux valgus night splint ...3

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Aural Clinic.
Two-hundred and six individual children were seen by the
E.N.T. Specialist at the 32 sessions held in 1953, 142 being new
cases. Altogether 490 visits were paid to the clinic, giving an
average attendance per session of 15 cases.

Table: The conditions dealt with by the E.N.T. Specialist were as follows:—

The conditions dealt with by the E.N.T. Specialist were as follows:—

Chronic nasal catarrh31
Otitis media21
Conditions involving tonsils and adenoids21
Chronic tonsillitis9
Nasal obstruction, mainly adenoids12
Rhinitis5
Deafness from various causes29
Other conditions14

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It will be appreciated that some of the children had more than
one defect but the above classification indicates the main presenting
defect in each case.