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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
Walthamstow 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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JOSEPH BARRETT PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CENTRE ORTHOPAEDIC SCHEME.
| Defects. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5—16 Years. | Under 5 Years. | Over 16 Years. | 5—16 Years. | Under 5 Years. | Over 16 Years. | |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 17 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 13 |
| Rickets | 8 | 23 | - | 1 | 17 | - |
| Congenital Dislocation of Hip | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - |
| Tubercular Joints | 13 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Achondroplasia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Foot Deformities | 24 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| Erb's Paralysis | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Pseudo Hypertrophic Paralysis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Torticollis | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Genu Valgum and Varum | 8 | — | — | 7 | — | — |
| Visceroptosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Defects | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Cerebral Ataxia | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Spastic Paralysis | 10 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Lordosis | 13 | 2 | - | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Arthritis, Polyarthritis | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Fractures | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Kohler's Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perthe's Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pseudo Coxalgia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spina Bifida | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Osteomyelitis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epilepsy | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Heart Disease | 12 | — | — | 11 | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Number of Cases seen by the Surgeon:—
(а) School children 298
(b) Children under School age 133 507
(c) Children over School age 76
Number of Attendances for Orthopaedic and Massage
Treatments (including children of all ages) 2,263
Number of Sessions held:—
(а) Medical Inspections by Orthopaedic Surgeon 11
(b) For Treatment 204
Miss Thompson, Head Teacher of the Physically Defective School,
reports that during 1931 the average attendance was about 65. Of
8 children who left (being over age), 6 obtained employment, 1
failed to do so, and 1 was sent to a training school through the
agency of the After-Care Committee.
The 60 children in attendance on 23rd December, 1931, suffered
from the following defects:—