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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Coxa vara, R. and L.1
Slipped epiphysis1
Shoemaker's chest 1
Pigeon chest 2
Epiphysitis metatarsal 5 2
Periostitis metatarsal 1
Fracture—metatarsal 1
„ ulna 1
„ elbow joint 1
Muscular.
(а) Congenital.
Torticollis 3
(b) Acquired.
Scoliosis 3
Kyphosis 7
Rupture—hamstrings 1
Pes cavus 3
Pes piano valgus 41
Talipes—equinus 2
Paralysis.
(а) Congenital
Hemiplegia 2
(б) Acquired.
Anterior poliomyelitis 3
Also—
Baker's Cyst—knee 1
Cyst—hand 1
Plantar bursitis 1
Treatment.
Number of school children attending for treatment 209
Number of attendances for treatment 1,832
Admission to Hospital and Operations.
During the year twelve children were admitted to hospital and
the following surgical operations were performed.
Tenotomy—sterno-mastoid 3
Arthrodesis—scaphoid joint 1
„ sub-astragaloid 1