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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
Bromley 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Orthopaedic Clinic.
The Clinic, with its ancillary services of massage,
ami remedial exercises, has functioned throughout the
year, but the Surgeon attends for one session per month
in place of two formerly.
No. of children treated at the Clinic 64
No. of children's attendances for consultations 272
No. of children's attendances for massage, etc. 1678
No., of children's attendances for ultra violet
rav. etc. treatment 1461
Children receive inpatient treatment at Royal
National Orthopa;dic Hospital, Stanmore, ami five cases
were admitted. Surgical appliances were provided in
seven cases. Costs for inpatient treatment and appliances
were recovered according to income scale.
The following is a summary of new cases seen by the Orthopaedic Surgeon during 1940:—
| 1. Congenital Defects. | 6. Structural Cvrvature of Spine | 0 | |
| Hammer toe | 0 | ||
| Spastic paralysis | 0 | 7. Flat Feet | 3 |
| Other conditions | 3 | 8. Infantile Paralysis | 0 |
| 2. Birth Injuries. | 9. Sequelæ of Acute Fevers | 0 | |
| Torticollis | 1 | ||
| 3. Rickety Deformities. | 10. Fractures | 3 | |
| Bow legs | 5 | 11. Tuberculosis Joints | 0 |
| Knock knees | 1 | ||
| 4. Non-rickety Deformities. | 12. Other Bone Diseases Schlatter's Disease | 1 | |
| Kohler's Disease | 1 | ||
| Bow legs | 3 | ||
| Knock knees | 6 | 13. Osteomyelitis | 1 |
| 5. Postural Dcfects of Spine | 2 | 14. Not classified | 11 |
| 15. Non-orthopœdic | 3 |