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5. TREATMENT.
(a) Orthopaedic.—The facilities provided by the Education
Authority's Orthopaedic Scheme is available lor all children
attending the welfare Centres.
Miss Garratt has kindly furnished the following information
with respect to children under five years of age:—
Defects seen at Orthopaedic Clinic in Children
under Five Years of Age.
Anterior Poliomyelitis 2 Congenital Defects 4
Rickets (a) Genu Varum 75 Torticollis 7
(b) Genu Valgum 27 Foot Deformities 6
Erb's Paralysis 1 Pseudo Hypertrophic
Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Lor- Paralysis 1
dosis 6 Osteomyelitis 1
Pes Piano Valgus 29 Miscellaneous 8
Spastic Paralysis 8
Total 175
Admissions to Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital.
(under 5 years of age).
Rickets (a) General 1
(b) Genu Varum 5
(c) Genu Valgum 4
Anterior Poliomyelitis 2
Total 12
Number and Classification of Operations at Brookfield
Hospital.
(under 5 years of age).
Osteotomy— Median Stoffel 1
(a) Femoral (1 Ball and Open Elongation Tendo
Socket, 1 Sliding) 6 Achilles 1
(b) Cuneiform 2 Tenotomy of
Osteoclasis 8 Tendo Achilles 1
The following figures are quoted from the School Medical
Officer's Report for 1933 in order to show that the majority of
defects are now being discovered at the earliest possible moment
under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.